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^oes  not  fuppcft  it  to  ka^je  any  ;'  he  is  by. 
x'lous  to  defcrJ  it  in  that  '■^.^y.-^His  only] 
€hje5i  is  to  give  a  plain  and  true  account  of  the  pro- 
teedings  under  the  federal  heads  li^hich  be  has  hereof-^ 
ter  laid  down.  He  has  taken  mucfj  trouble  and  time^ 
attended  with  fatigue  and  great  expenfe^  in  order  t9 
lecome  informed  of  the  true  i?itcnt  and  meaning  of  his. 
Majejlys  Executives  in  North- America,  from  'which 
he  here  divcfls  himflf  cf  all  prejudice,  leaving  the 
VJOrld  to  judge^.'-'He  flatters  hirnff  that  he  f:! all  not 
injure  the  feelings  of  any  fuhjeSts,  but  only  aivaken 

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them  to  a  trucfenf  of  their  ftuat\:ns — leaving  theni 
to  confult  their  ov:n  feelings,  and  provide  themfelve. 
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YOU  arc  difiinguiflicd  by  having  the  letters 
V.  E.  placed  as  a  murk  of  honor  to  your 
n;uncs,  by  rcafon  of  your  having  joined  the  United 
Umpire  hy  a  certain  time;  ProclamationK  have 
bccTi  ifTucd  and  moil  faithful  promifes  made  to  all 
of  your  defcriptlon,  that  y»u  and  your  children  to 
the  third  generation,  fliould  be  confiderci  worthy 
€.>r  his  Majefty*s  moft  gracious  benevolence ;  ancjl 
that  no  fees  of  ofli-ce,  for  deeds  or  furveys,  llioulti 
be  taken  from  thofe  of  your  dcicription  ;  at  the 
l^mie  time  you  had  three  years  provllions  promiicd 
you  and  your  famlUeSi  At  that  -tirac  you  had  land- 
boards  ellabHliied  throughout  the  provinces,  for  the 
cafe  and  fpeedy  relief  of  thor©  perlbns  who  haci 
joined  the  ftandard,  and  complied  with  every  re- 
quirttion  of  the  then  commanding  officers  ot  gov- 
ernment* Lands  were  given  out  and  cctificatea 
^^^j;;ntA  to  fuch  of  his  Majefty's  fubje(5ls  as  found  it 
convenient  to  apply*  and  every  encouragement  ot; 
deeds  to  be  given  you,  withia  twelvemonths  froa» 
(he  date  of  the  certificates*  ""  :'*  ■ 

*  You  arc  the  very  men  who  have  fought  and 
bled  in  his  Majefty's  fcrvice. — You,  in  the 
Hrft  fiage  of  the  revolution,  left  your  friends 
(divided  in  fentiment)  and  took  ygur  abode  under 
a  llandard  for  his  Majefly,  in  the  howling  wilder-^ 
nels  of  the  Camuias — leavin*  behind  you  youi: 
wives,  your  childrca  and  aged  parents,  all  expoicd 
to  the  hfc-at  of  pi-trioix  which  th;u  prevailed^     All 


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tjjefe  nnd  ma:iy  oilier  aiiectir-g  circumflincf s  jniglit 
Ix  related,  bince  tSe  concluiion  of  the  peace,  it  is 
well  known  to  all  yoiir  friends  in  the  VniCdiStatt's^ 
that  you  arc  curtailed  of  your  cxpedlations,  in  aU 
moil  every  promik  which  his  Majcfty  made  you 
for  the  h^rdlbips  you  undcrwtnt  i  and  had  it  not 
been  for  his  American  fubjeds,  in  their  ftedfiil  at- 
tachment to  the  Provinces ,,  the  country  never  could 
have  been  ceded  Xo  Great  Britiiih. 

You  have  purchafed  that  country  at  the  ridi  of 
your  lives,  your  fortunes,  find  tlie  lofa  of  the  livei 
of  many  good  friends,  bcfules  the  difagreeable  cir- 
cumfta^cc  of  leaving  your  mother  country,  with 
th«  expectation  of  never  rcHding  thcvi:  any  more. — 
I  am  pcrfuadcd  and  can  afibrc  you,  that  there  ii  not 
ona  ffecling  heart  among  us,  which  doej  not  feci 
for  you.  You  arc  the  very  m'-n  to  "^vhom  that 
country  belongs,  both  by  the  purchafeof  blcodaad 
.R'f>uai  fcttkmeat,  and  reft  allured  that  you  have  the 
good  wiHies  of  all  thofc  who  arc  acquainted  with 
your  fituations. 

Here  let  me  remind  you  of  the  promifes  rwadc 
to  you  and  your  families,  that  the  wildcrneis  of  the 
Catuidas  ihouW  remain  open  for  the  Icyalifl  fami- 
lies, even  to  the  fccond  and  third  geieration.  I 
afl-;  \fhy  you  did  not  have  this  bounty  continued? 
and  whether  it  has  been  the  fault  of  hi.-.  Miijefty, 
or  the  rnilcondudl  of  hii  Executives  ?  It  is  very  ev- 
ident that  his  Executives  have,  in  all  cafes,  endea- 
vored to  blind  the  eyes  of  the  fubjedli :  Their  mo- 
tive in  this  cafe  hai  been,  to  fhut  the  door  a»ain/c 
granting  any  more  lands  than  they  could  poHibly 
help,  till  fuch  times  as  they  made  choice  of  and 
took  to  themfelves  the  moft  valuable  parts  of  the 
country.  In  this  way  the  lands  have  been  kept  open 
lor  thernfcWcs,  their  childrett  and  connc^ionj,  both 


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ia  thii  An  J  the  old  countries',  aad  tlirtc  Is  not  one 
of  then?,  but  who  believes  his  laiuls  will  tell  to 
Europeans,  and  that  they  will  come  for\v,ud  in 
numbt-rs  iufficicnt  i6  receive  the  moft  vah^ible 
parts  of  the  PtovincsSi  and  at  the  fame  time  they 
fimufe  themlelves  with  the  idsA  of  having  fach  a 
number  as  to  fill  all  oflkcs  of  profit  and  honor. 

It  appears  that  no  American  born  can  have  tlic 
honor  of  presiding  &3  governor,  or  have  tlie  privi- 
ledgc  of  a  man  born  in  Great  Britain,  and  ic  ap- 
pears as  tho'  the  Americans  arc  not  to  he  truut-d 
in  the  CaTiadas^  let  them  have  i'crved  and  Ipcntevcr 
fomuch  for  his  MnjcRy  ;  not  all  (h?.t  they  cand(» 
will  make  themequaL  Tbcy  fljev?  by  their  words 
and  adlions,  that  they  think  thcmfelvcs  r»iadc  cf 
bttici*  clay,  and  at  the  (mi^q.  time  breathe  a  better 
quality  of  air,  than  it  is  pnflible  for  an  American  to 
cnjny  «  and  that  your  eyes  can  be  blinded  to  fach  a 
degree  that  you  will  pafs  over  all  the  infulti  that 
is  poffiblc  to  be  inflided  on  any  race  of  men.  Your 
promifes  for  deeds,  free  from  expenfe,  have  been 
once  don»  away,  for  a  time.  The  rulers  found  much 
clamor  and  a  general  difiatisfadlion,  alarming  n.i- 
verfally.  But  notwithflandin^  their  having  t.'.kca 
the  fees  of  three  pence  H.  C.  per  acre  from  a  num- 
ber of  applicants,  they  thc!i  dropped  the  idea  of 
taking  any  fees  from  the  LoyaHlls  j  they  faid  noth- 
ing of  refunding  th.e  fums  then  taken.  It  is,  hcv7- 
fcvcr,  to  be  hoped,  that  the  little  property  in  lands 
which  you  now  have  will  continue  free,  .y^iccible 
to  thtt  lixiX  and  true  intent  and  meaning  oi  his  Maj- 

It  is  very  er.fy  to  he  undcrAoor],  tforti  the  con- 
duct of  the  lords,  that  in  all  their  prooecdin-^'s 
where  it  has  not  appeared  too  b;:rcfaced,  i»r  tooeiiV 
Ibr  the  common  people  to  un'J'^iftM:d,  they  make  it 


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A  point  to  hcjlJ  t1icr.^.f<:lves  at  Inch  :i  ciiiLincc,  that 
the  tarmers  of"  the  coiiiury  are  uhli^cd  to  dance  ut- 
kndnncc,  day  ;ift<:r  d.y,  ami  many  linies  for  I'cvt-ral 
weeks,  aPid  tlitn  rttu'ia  withji::  having  their  bu- 
linefs  done.  >  -        ,.. 

Here  IcJt  us  take  a  vi^'vv  of  t'no  trc.Ument  tf^wird? 
the  l(;yil  hmiiiies  who  wcr?  led  to  hcHcvc  ilvat  three 
years  pravifioiis  vvcre  ready  tor  tliotn  on  their  arri^ 
val  into  tbe  pruviiU'es.  'The  heads  and  friends  of 
thefe  famiiieS  c?inc  intvi  the  Un't:d  S:::Ui'  and  con- 
dudlcd  theni  ovei-,  to  iliaie  in  thofa  great  zr.d  luoCi 
faithful  proiiiire.i. 

It  apjxsrs  that  they  then  flopped,  their  havhi^ 
any  allowancs  for  the  time  they  had  bce.i  gone. — 
Some  were  away  fix  months,  others  one  year ;  liimc 
there  \Terc,  who  diii  not  hear  of  his  /j/'/I  griicicm 
hcnct.oknce ^  till  the  time  had  aimcil  ex'prred,  aixi  i:\ 

'  raanv  infti'-ncet  u:,^  eniiircly  done  away  ^  tliofe  poor 
larrdlies  of  this  dercii::tiGii  were  ktt  to  futfjr  anri 
Hdrk  for  themf'lvev.  Oil  making  theh-  applica- 
tions iii  the  moil  humble  and  fuhniiiUve  manner, 
they  were  treated  with  the  l;ing;i:iii;c  oi  his  ^^ajef-^ 
iy's  Britifh  orhrcr.s  **  iTL-rj  hjve  yQU  I'Ccn  /  JThnt 
fjirce  voit  been  d^^nr  i'  lie  c-ft  !  D:!:t  t?/k  u::  for  fa* 
'■^orsl  How  dare yctt  prcfiunc  fj  trouble  us  ?"  All 
this,  and  much  more  in'.uhiiiLT  lanizu.irrc  has  hcea 
ufed  to  the  mon.-  hartnlefs  and  civil  iren  of  your 
country — men  worthy  cf  good  and  c?.fy  lai^.gua^e, 
in  order  to  encourage  tiiem  in  furn^ountins;  the 
troubles  and  didieukies  of  letthnj  in  fuch  a  diilant 
wilderncfs  j  the  lead  that  could  be  atTorded  them 

'  oasht  to  be  mikhiefs,  aj'ter  beini;-  draw  n  from  home 
with  great  expectations  of  fupport. 

It  was  a  land  wholly  urd^ijown  to  manv  of  them/ 
and  tr  almoll"  all  their  firr.iiics  ;  the  country  was 
^'t  that  time  new,  a»v)  not  iwy  !:ouks  to  cover,  ei- 


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circiimftanccs  might  be  tcl;«ted  ;  In  iliort,  it  Is  al- 
moil  too  icvcrc  for  a  delicate  ccnftitution,  to  he  uuC 
in  mind  of  tliofe  cruel  Iccnes  which  l)is  M.iicfly's 
iubi'-ifLs  havti  been  fubju-'ltcd  to,  and  been  forced  to 
undergo. 

Your  Land -boards  were  formed  and  comporcrd  of 
the  fame  body  of  men  ;  they  then  mads  grants  i\\ 
inch  forms  and  m  fuch  i)erlbn3  as  ihev  thoicht 
proper,  by  gb/in^a  cr*rtiiicate  for  a  certain  time,  till 
Iiis  Majeiiy's  patent  deed  fhould  he  ilTued.  We 
find  that  in  1792,  there  was  another  authorized 
body  of  men,  ftiled  ///j  M^Ji'/l/s  ?:-i:/t  Honorable 
Executrce  Counctl^  vvi'h  a  governor,  or  iieuten.^nt- 
governor,  to  prefide.  Here  we  ought  to  find  juf- 
tice  in  the  biff  heft  decree  ;  but  wc  have  fc«n  them 
come  forward,  iPi'aine;  their  orders  in  an  arbitrarv, 
unfeeling  manner,  atid  djclaiin^:^  all  ttiofe  land  war- 
rants or  certificates,  void  and  or  none  eff  Cl ;  at  the 
iame  time  they  conceived  themfelves  vefted  with 
power  to  difannnl  and  dijllroy  \\v:\\  r».v'»ers  as  they 
thought  proper — eftabhll^ing  r.c .'V  iei:;ulation3  iri 
order  to  accumuUte  propcnv  (o  thern (lives,  as  t^eir 
Gcfign  was  then  tooMige  thok  very  men  to  apply 
to  the  Governor  and  Council  for  ih«;ir  Lands,  or 
remaifi  wjihout  them.  It  is  vtrv  well  known  to 
every  perfon  of  information  m  the  Vrjt:d  SiiiU.\ 
that  every  ch:ingc  of  oflicerG  in  your  Province?, 
irake  fuch  ;eirul;uions  as  will  bell  krve  to  kcare 
property  to  themlclves.  in  fuch  iinidir  proceed- 
ings, they  find  it  neccilary  to  counteract  fuch  rc>- 
ul.nions  iis  have  been  heretofore  made.  Thev  ar© 
very  fiOiHiine  in  frying  that  they  fit  and  determine 
on  jirc.per  ways  and  nieans,  in  fucii  r\iies  and  res^u- 
hitions,  as  in  their  'wiidom  in;»y  fcem  iTicet,  and 
\\lAi  fuch  orders  are  the  words  cf  the  Kin^,  or  in 


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plain  fpeaklng  tncv  sre  xhc  iameas  tho*  the  King 
wafi  pcrfonally  prefcBt  : — Such  is  the  trus  faith  of 
Government,  and  that  pledged.  In  this  the  Sub- 
ject muft  plj^cehis  uuii,  and  Aand  praying  for  mer- 
cy—knowings  tha:  if  he  rtiould  make  one  misftcp, 
the  wrath  of  his  rulers  v/ould  be  kindled  againft 
him.  Wc  have  all  been  informed  that  his  Maj- 
cdy  could  not  lye  to  hii  Subjeds  ;  this  has  been 
haudcd  down  to  us  by  the  forefathers  of  America, 
and  fixed  in  the  hearts  of  almt^  all  clalTes  :  His 
promifcs  have  b^en  confidered  almoft  as  iacrcd  as 
ihe  decrees  of  Deity.  I3at  in  the  prefent  days, 
wc  find  his  Nla'cfly  accufed  of  making  tirany  prom- 
itzi  to  his  Subjedsj  which  have  never  been  fulfilled. 
This  ccmplaiiU  has  prevailed  for  nearly  fifteen 
Vt'ars  in  the  CanaJaSo  The  voice  of  the  moft  Alth- 
ful  and  loyal  men.  ouffht  to  have  fome  weight  in 
iho  minds  of  their  rulers,  and  at  the  fame  time 
they  ought  to  hive  every  tittle  made  good  to  them, 
in  Cider  to  prevent  the  good  old  King  from  being 
unjufily  ccnfurcd,  i^ut  \\  the  prefent  (late  of  af- 
fairs, we  find  the  fubjedt  turned  afide  by  his  rulers, 
and  in  many  inflances  dcfiauded  and  kept  out  of 
his  rights,  till  he  firft  becomes  the  (lupid  man  for 
a  time,  then  cubing  off'  a  digrcc  of  his  troubles,, 
awakens  and  favs  :o  himfclf,  ff'hs  am  I  ? — I  am 
cne  (if  bis  Mcjcjiys  mojl  loyal  Suhjetls  ,  I  baije  firV" 
tdandmy  r^ght  I  (cannot  obtain.  Here  they  know 
you  are  catchcd,  and  that  you  cannot  leave  the  Pro- 
vinces ;  your  dependence  is  there,  and  at  the  fame 
ti»rnc  your  lar.ded  property  will  not  fell  but  for  a 
fmall  price.  They  laugh  when  tphcy  find  that  % 
man  has  become  tired  by  their  long  delays  ;  thty 
then  take  upon  thcmfelvcs  td  fjy,  **  We  have  get  rid 
fifofic  tedious  American  :  hs  has  been  'Watti/i!>  /i  lon^ 
*/>'M,  but  biu  rctuniid  hc?nc  as  iirftorart  us  be  came*' 


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buch  like  treatment  muft  be  conndered  very  un- 

t^clingj  when  it  is  known  by  the  leaft  amongft 
you,  that  thofc  men  are  paid  and  placed  in  oJiicc 
to  fervc  the  inhabitants,  and  ought  to  hear  every 
tnan's  cafe  cooly  and  deliberately ;  every  fubjedt 
ought  to  be  ufed  with  tendernefs  in  this  rcfpecl-, 
but  you  are  treated  more  like  brutes  than  htmian 
beings*  It  has  been  obferved  by  your  Chief  Juf- 
tice,  John  Elmsley,  of  the  Upper  Province — 
**  that  the  Amer leans  ivere  only  fit  Jor  jlavcs  and  to 
cultivate  wild  lands ^  and  that  there  are  no  gentlemen 
hnrn  rnd  educated  in  the  United  States." 

I  am  at  a  lofs  what  conftrudion  to  place  on 
thofc  alTertions,  whether  your  ru'ers  do  acflujlly 
fhink  that  the  Americans  are  fuch  low,  defpicable 
beings  as  diey  are  plcafcd  to  reprefcnt  tlicm  to  be ; 
or  on  the  contrary,  whether  they  thcmfclves  arc 
not  afraid,  in  confequence  of  being  pbccd  lo  near 
the  pure  and  free  air  of  the  Uniied  States,  They 
know  that  you  have  an  inftindive  love  of  libcrrv, 
and  that  by  crolling  that  chain  of  waters,  you  can- 
not forget  that  ineftimablc  and  glorious  Conftitu- 
tion,  which  allows  the  priviledge  of  fpeech  and  tf 
the  prefs,  and  founded  upon  the  rights  of  Freedom, 
which  God  firft  intended  for  his  people.  It  is  not 
<?afy  for  you  to  fland  with  your  jaws  locked  together, 
like  men  rtupified  with  overbearing  tyranny. — 
Should  any  of  you  or  your  children  after  you  be- 
come ever  To  capable,  they  can  never  rtep  forv.nrd 
in  a  BritilTi  colonial  government  ;  they  have  men 
to  fervc  in  the  diffcr'-nt  ftatiorts  of  otiic*?,  and  gen- 
•raliy  find  fuch  charaders  as  arc  worn  out  with 
fervjt  c,  and  fuch  at  hav«  deprived  themfelves  of  m 
fortune  by  extravagant  livin;.^. — Such  men  niU- 
with  a  military  fpirit,  and  wifh  for  itj  force  \o  bcr- 
corae  fupsrior  and  iudcpendcnt  of  the  civil  l.uv  ; — 
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They  are  railed  under  a  military  asldplinC;  and  am- 
bitiocs  of  ftanding  armici  to  enforce  fuch  arbitrary 
laws  as  they  may  think  proper. — You  arc  ruled  in 
the  heat  of  pafTion,  and  in  fuch  a  degree  as  belongs 
to  tyiaiits  only.  Almoft  every  day  there  arc  in- 
itances  of  orcitrS  rf  Coiincil  bsmg  difannuUed  5 
they  f^nd  that  his  Mnjefty's  faith  hti5  been  pledged^ 
2nd  orders  ilTixed  of  a  prior  date,  ?n  this  method 
6f  proceeding,  the  fubjc£^  becomes  airraid."  Com- 
men  fcnfe  tells  every  man,  that  when  fuch  faith  is 
ylcdeed,  and  then  loft  by  unfair  proceedings,  h« 
bus  a  right  to  think  that  he  flhill  loofc  his  righti 
too,  Pcrfons  in  this  iituation  undergo  all  that 
tongue  can  exprcfs  or  heart  (qq). 

It  is  well  known  that  the  furveyed  lands  of  the 
Cartcda;  have  b^en  granted  by  written  and  verbal  " 
proviiifes  ;  there  is  not  a  man  of  feelings  but  knows 
't,  when  he  has  placed  his  locition  oj^  lands  that 
have  been  prcviouP.y  granted  to  others  by  the  fame 
authority.  If  they  can  pledge  his  Majefty's  faith 
to  one  man,  in  one  day.and  che  next  day  revoke 
the  fame,  it  is  more  than  anV  number  ot  men  in 
xhtir  capacity  have  ever  been  guilty  of.  The  fub- 
\^t\  feeing  this,  becomes  cool  towards  his  nilers  ; 
be  IS  full  of  anger  mixed  with  grief,  and  dare  not 
confult  his  neighbors  freely  ©n  the  fubjcd,  aliho* 
he  knows  that  they  feel  the  fame  overbearing  in- 
fnlts  ;  prudence  and  natural  reafon  arc  his  guide  j 
ho  knows  that  i1  he  fpeaks  too  freely  at  one  time, 
perhaps,  at  another  time,  fome  pcrion  may  have 
1  grudge  agalnft  him;  and  inform.  /«  this  caft\ 
fays  he  to  himl"elf»  /  u///  keep  my  tovguc  ;  1  have 
fomc  property  and  a  family  to  fuffery  bejidis  the  trou^ 
i>/e  that  J  may  make  myfclf  -^  I  ivill  keep  inxfdf  quiet 
inHicuit  J  little  ;  fomc  thing  'Lui II  appear  bye  and  byf-> 
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f.'/j€  XJnltfd  Stuia.     This  U  the  natural  rcifon  whj 
you  dont  all   briwl  together :  But  as     you  jullly 
obfervc,  you   will  break  out  and  join  as  one  man. 
Americans  are  fond  of  the  privilege  of  fpecch  and 
of  the  prcfsj,  and  a  iiree  toleration  of  religion.     Ycii 
can  tflemblc  ?.nd  wordiip  in  fach  a  way  and  man- 
Jier  af  you  plcafCj  but  cannot  be  allowed  the  ri^^ht 
of  marrying  in  yoi;r  fcvtral  orders.     We  fiuJ  tln-f 
in  all  caics  vrhere  tk.re  is  any  little  perquifitcn,,  the), 
are  cngrotTed  by  the  Epifccpalian  or  Church  of  En- 
gland  Order.     It  would  be  to«^  lengthy  to  cxplril«. 
every   particular  origin  ;    it  will  be   fulTicicnt  tc,* 
/hew  thdir  prefcnt  motives,  vyhith  will  be  whuliy 
defeated  at  fome  future  period,    not  far  diftant — 
although   it  will  occafion  you  a  few  dilsgrteablc 
hours  in  order  to   fccur«  the  rights  which  ire  a!^ 
lowed  by  the  God  of  nature.     Yoi^r  dilhncc  uotn 
jthc  government  of  Great  Britain  will  not  allow  you 
fpcedy  relief.     It  is  well  known  that  it  would  be 
very  hard  and  difficult,  and  attended  with  trouble 
and  cxpcnfc  to  place  thofe  grievances    before  the 
King  and  Parliament.     Your  men  at  the.  head  of 
affairs  in  the  CanadaSy  would  obftr«(3:  and  lay  every 
impediment  in  the   way,  which  you  arc  fenfibl« 
would  have  a  great  weight,  and  a  moment's  reflec- 
tion will  convince  you,  that  the  word  or  hith  of 
an  American  would  not  be  relied  on  ;  your  rulers 
in  the  firil  place  would  reprcfent  you  as  a  fct  of  ri- 
otous Itfllows,  and  that  your  condudt   had  in   all 
tafcs  been  daring,  and  in  no  inftance  agrecab'r.  ♦o 
the  fubmiiTivc  obedience  of  a  true  Bii*.ihfuNj  <^.-— 
Such  like  information,  with  the  idea  that  .he  Mill* 
iftry  at  home  liavc  of  the  America' s,  and  their 
freedom,  they  will   be  led  to  believe  that  the  more 
ilivere,  tyranical  and  military  fpirlt  poured  out  upoii 
the  people,  the  CAfin-  governed.  .»   , 


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The  mode  of  the  prcient  order  in  the  Houfc  ot 

Lords,  is  very  fingular.     The  few  gentlemen  who 
arc  lent  in^o  yoqr  country  to  govern,  when  adling 
in  a  legifliitive  capacity,  are  ftilsd  the  Houfe   of 
Lords,    and  ;ire  inclined  to  objet^  againft  almoft 
every  bill  the  Houfe  of  Commpns  may  think  pro- 
per to  adopt.*     Thofe  Lords  have  all  the  military 
force  at  th^ir  command  ;  in  (hort,  they  are  at  the 
head  of  every  office  in  your  country  ;  they  rul^  the 
CommokTs,  ©r  othervvifc,  refufe  pafling  their  bills ; 
they  have  the  landed  property  at  their  difpofal,  and 
prefide  as  Chie  f  Judges,  or  Magiftrates  at  the  fev-. 
eral  Courts ;  all  concentrates  in  this  body,  and  they 
are  as  liable  to  miftikes  as  others^  and   it   is  very 
evident  that  they  do  err  both  ignorantly  and  will- 
fully J  they  feel  fenfible  that  the  unanimous  voice 
of  tiie  people  cannot  alter  or  recal  them  from  office. 
Thty   have   the   alTu  ranee  to  tell    the  Houfe  of 
Commons  that  fuch  and   fuch  moves  (hew  plairi 
republican  princiclcs,  and  fuch  fhall  not  pafs  our 
fandtion. 

You  feel  all  this,  and  know  that  they  arc  out  of 
your  reach.  When  you  rcfled  on  thefe  things, 
vGuwill  find  that  thole  leveral  members  are  unac^ 
quainted  with  the  affairs  of  your  country  j  they  arc 
men  bro»g!it  up  in  high  life — fuch  as  the  induftri- 
ous  American  is  not  accuftotned  to,  or  acquainted 
with. — Tl^cy  have  never  been  five  miles  into  your 
wildcrnefs  ; — they  arc  wholly  unacquainted  with 
haidPnps,  therefore  do  not  know  how  to  feel  for 
their  feljow  creatures ; — they  are  unconcerned  for 
you,  and  carelefs  in  obtaining  information  for  the 
good  of  a  fubjcdt. — Should  they  wjih  to  be  inform-. 

ed,  they  apply  to  fqme  European  as  ignorant  and 

>^  ■■''-'  ->        I    ■■      i      I  ...  II .  I       ,.,.... 

i^  •Id  Juii«,  1801,  ar  York,  out  ot  a  larf*  mimb*r  of  iteceiTary  billsi  ifff  t 

f);  fi'Vpfi  u^  ii*c  H.  ije  ot  Ccinmenj,  only  lour  j)»fltd. 

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unacquaintcdi  as  themfclves.    It  hos  been  faid  of  an 

Englifhman,  on  his  applying  to  the    council*    for 
\n^\^^Af**  you  are  a?i  Englrjhfrtany  you  cannot  do   in 
she  woods  like  an  American,  they  v.^i/l  take  dry   bread 
and  cold  fork  ^  and  Jet  en  a  login  the  woods   and  eat, 
and  then  to  ^ivork  -,  you  cannot  do  this,  therefore    tbs 
iouncil  thot  proper  not  to  grant  you  any  lands .'*  We 
find  that  ahnoft  all  the  Europeans  prefer  the  Amer- 
pans,  or  rather  the  government  of  the  United  States-, 
there  arc  thoufands  coming  in  every  year,    and   we 
fcarcely  find  an  inllanceof  their  fettling  in  the  Brit- 
ish provinces,  unlefs  it  is  by  the  influence   of  fume 
partkular  friends   whereby   they  expc<ft   favors. — 
This  fhews  how  much  they  are  attached   to    their 
own  government  ;  They  find  Freedom  in  the  Unl- 
/f^  5/j/^x,  and  are  lodged    (when  landed)  into  fucH 
a  large  field,  and  are  much  rejoiced  when  they   f^c 
the  friendly  countenances  of  the  Americans ;  they 
are  overjoyed  and  even  kneel  down  on  the  ground, 
giving  praile  to  God,  that  he  in  his    goodnefs    his 
provided  them  a  land  of  Freedom,  and  has  kept  the 
hearts  of  that  people,     "^he  United  States,   feeling 
tender  towards  fuch  diftreifed   Foreigners   as  may 
vrifh  to  (hare  a  part  of  the  erjual rights  which  belong 
to  every  human  Being  ;  it  appears  that  the  door  is 
nor  to  be  Hint  againft  them.  The  God  uf  nature  hafi 
given  the  United  States  into  the  care  of  fuch  feeling 
ncarti  that  it  is  out  of  their  power  to  fhut  the  door 
againft  the  other  nations,  altho'  a  law  ha;;  been  pnlfcf} 
to  prevent  their  naturalization  for  a   long   term   of 
y«ars,  neverthelefs  fuch  a  law  could  not  longci^ill;, 
it  appears  too  contrary  to  the  wi|l   of  the   all-wife 
Creator  of  ihcUnivcrfe.  This  continent  isfufHcicnt 
to  hold  all  thfi  emif^rants  that  may  wilh    to    corrtc 


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and  icttle  for  a  thoufand  years ;  the  more  that  a  eeun* 

try  fettles  and  becomes  cultivated,  the  more  valua* 
bie  ths  landed  property  ;  but  yonr  rulers  cannot  fe* 
this,  they  are  io  contradcd  and  avaricious  thatlhcjr 
think  hard  to  allow  any   door  open  whereby   the 
wildcrnef:  cati  be  fettled  upon  liberal   principles  ;— 
They  are  very  loth  to  grant  upon  the  fmallcftlcalc 
of  their  inftruilibns,  which  is,' (agreeable  to  his  Ma- 
jcfty's  proclamation)  if  a  man  is  found    worthy   of 
any  land,  he  cannot  bu*  allov/ed  lefs  than  200  acres, 
and  any  quantity  froni  that  to  1200  acres;  they  do 
not  fee  that  every  fuch  man  is  making    their   lands 
valuable  by  fettling  and  making iniprovcments,  and 
raifingprovifions  ;  and  at  the  fAmc  time,  there  is  no 
jTJaji  without  foms  friends  or  conjaeflions  who  will 
go  on  and  fettle  with  or  near  him,  then  the  latter 
h«s  his  friends,  andfohas  every  man  that  goes  in, 
till  there  becomes  a  chain  fo  ftrong  that  it  is  hardly 
polTible  to  b;ealc  it.     This  I  am  perfuaded  is   the 
cafe  with  the  Canadas  ;  at  this  prefent  time,  I  think 
It  of  but  little  pfe  to  clofe  his  Majefty's  proclama- 
tions and  inflrudions,  thinking  to  ftop  or  impede 
the  fcttlei»entof  that  country  ;  natural  reafon  will 
teach  every  man  of  common  fenfc,  that  the   num- 
hcT  of  Anicrifians  are  too  great  already,  and  that 
there  arc  men  of  fpirit  and  abilities,  and  thofe  men 
know  thai  their  friends  will  comd  in  and  fettle: 
ond  that  in  all  cafes  ^hat   may  happen  the  people 
of  the  Vriited  States  will  be  friends  to  the  loyal  fub- 
jcflf,  and  all  ethers,  even  Vl  the  day   Hiould  come 
that  the  fettlvrs  are   fo  much  opprcfled  that  they 
cannot  continue  any  longer    under  the  arbitrary 
fyflem  under  which  tjiey  now  live.     They  will,  I 
fiy,  meet  with  fricndQiip,  without  malice  of  heaft^ 
fnould  they  require  it,  and  become  eft.ibli(hcd  in 
their  rights,  agrtrnblt  to  the  fuft  and  true  intent 


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figned  with  his  fignet  and  royal  fign  manucl,  to 
his  loyal  an5  all  others  of  his   Maiefty's  fubjed:?, 
and  at  the  fame  time,  all  procccc^ings  that  may  ap- 
pear contrary  to  i?he  true  intent  and  meaning  of  fuch 
proclamation,  wilt  vindGubtedly  be  taken  into  corw- 
fideration,  and  each  fuffercr    be  rewarded   accord- 
ingly, laying  afidc  all  orders  and  proceedings  which 
have  been  done  to  thr?  centra ry.     It  has  been  ob- 
fcrved  as  an  old  maxim,   that   no  government  ever 
built  itfelf  up  by  taking  advantageb  to  the  ruin  and 
dciirudiion  of  its  fubjcdl?,  and  yoi^r  executives  will 
never  profj-cr,  nor  become  great  in  honor.     Liftead 
of  coming  and  refiding  among  you  {or  the  good  of 
the  public,  they  come  and  take  every  undue  advan- 
tage, dilahnuling  one  order  and  making  others  for 
the  term  of  a  few  daye ;  bsfore  a  man  can  poiTibly 
fide  from  a  remote   part  of  the  Province   to   the 
feat  of  governmeBt,  that  law  will  be  faid  to  have' 
been  altered  and  a  nev7  regulation  taken  place.  All 
this  tends  to  harrafs  the  fubjc<lt,  and  keep  all  things 
at  a  diftance  in  the  duk,  and  all  in  lufpcncc. — 
It  kreps  your  rever;il  oHiceis  ::>  employment  and 
under  pv/  ;  thr/  kn;:vv  that  the  longer  they  delay 
the  givin^y   of  deeds  and  doing  other  public  bufi- 
ncfs,  the  longer  they  remain  in  their  icveruTftations  i 
they  think  nothing  of  your  hardiMps  in  travelling 
two  or   three  hundred  rnilesy  time  after  time,  and 
after  all  this  trouble,  you  arc  left  in  the  dark  ;— * 
whereas,  if  you   had  men  of  feelings  and  fuch  as 
.felt  themfclves  obliging,  yoiSr  bulinefs  might  all  be 
done  on  the  fird  application.    If  tYity  find  that  the 
farmer  is  not  acquainted  with  the  nature  of  the  bu- 
iincfs   which   he  wilhes  to  have  done,  how  eafy 
would  it  be  for  them  to  give  him  inftrudions,  and 
kt  the  msn  return,' well  fatisfied  with  ihehuiriant 


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treatment  of  thofe  oriicers  ;  in  this  wiy  a  nia!* 
would  Ipend  his  lifc^  and  his  all  in  defence  of  his 
fupcriors  (when  in  danger  j)  on  the  other  hand^ 
when  the  i\ihje<fl  is  turned  aiide  like  a  troublefome 
low  minded  fellow,  he  feels  all  thole  hard  words 
and  a(5tions,  and  dare  not  fpeak  for  himfelf ;  when 
he  hears  the  like  done  to  his  fellow  creatures,  it 
iferves  more  and  more  to  kindle  withi-n  him,  till 
one  makes  his  cafe  kno  n  to  another,  then  a  third 
hears  and  feels  iLic  (amc,  till  it  becomes  a  univcr- 
ial  complaint,  made  known  to  the  public^  when 
too  late  to  be  remedied. 

There  is  another  moil  ferious  thing  to  be  thought 
of,  that  is,  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  and  Supremacy, 
tl'hich  almolt  all  of  you  have  taken  once,  to  thts 
full  fatistadion  of  the  then  cxifling  order  of  your 
government. 

Oa//j  of  yfiicgiaHcc. 

p..  An  rinccffly  |iron»We  ami  Iwear,  lliat  X  v  il!  br  faifhfiii  and 
tUeglaiiCC  to  hit  Majflty,  K'Ug  Gcoi{»o  :  Su  l)cl[»  r\t  Goil. 

Oath  of  Supremacy, 

T,  A.  B.  do  folfmnly  pronnfc  aurf  fwear,  that  I  «)o  trol^  my  hpart^ 
nMiur,  deleft  md  abjurf,  s-.  impious  and  !)cretiia!,  that  damnable  <loc- 
Crinc  and  potitiun,  tfcat  pfiiicc*  t«;rormniiiiJcaipd  in  depiivrd  by  tlie  Pupc^ 
or  any  auihijrity  of  the  See  ot  J'onitf,  may  be  depofcd  and  tiuirdeifd  by 
tlieir  luhjeCts,  ur  any  other  wbaUopver.  Atid  I  do  Wcclarfj^iftat  no  for- 
ei^B  prinre,  perlon,  prelate,  Wvte  or  pofentate,  hath,  or  ought  to  havr< 
aii\  v-uifdidtion,  power,  (iippnority,  pre-cniinence  or  authority,  cccU-li- 
altital  or  Ipintual,  viitiin  thisre^im:  So  liel)*  me  C»od. 

ft  has  been  ever  held  forth  by  the  officers  of 
government,  that  the  oaths  of  allegiance  and  fu- 
jiremticy,  were  the  only  necefiary  oaths  required 
from  the  Americans  becoming adttal  fcttlcrs  in  the. 
Canadai  ;  but  it  now  appears  that  the  prefent 
Lieutenant  Governor,  Gen.  Hunter^  for  fomc 
ccrt:^in  rtafon,  unknown  to  the  people,  by  procla- 
oiation  ifTued  in  the  year  iHoo,  requires  all  perfons 
in  the  province  to  appear  before  the  proper  pcrfons 
appointed  in  the  feveral  diftridts,  to  take  the  f<?U 
Towing  oath  of  Abjuration  alfo. 


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1,  A  B,  do  rrnly  ani  liiuerely  aekiiowlcdije,  profffs,  fefiify  and  dc- 
tlare,  m  my  C()i.(ci«nc«f,  Uetore  God  and  rhe  world,  th^f  our  Soveit  ga 
Loid,  King  Gcurjjf,  is  la^tiil  and  ri{;!)Hiil  hci>r  of  {\\\%  rclni,  and  alt 
oihrr  h,$  MajfOy's  dumnioMn  ihiTrtinto  belonging.  And  I  do  fole:nsU 
«nd  finccrelv  «levl<*re,  that  I  i3o  brln  ve  in  niy  conkicnce,  '.hat  not  on?  oi 
ihf  dcltrnciants  >'<(  ihf  pctlon  whj  ^l|■^tefu)ed  to  be  prince  ot  Wales, 
«lurinj;  ih«  liff  of  the  lau'  Kinp  James  the   frcontl,   and  ii  irr  hu  (it'Cealj-, 

1>retended  to  be  and  tock  vy.m  himl^lr  :he  Ityle  and  tttic  of  K.ii:g  uf 
tn^land,  bv  »hr  iidtnr  of  Jii'Ues  the  Ifi'id,  or  ot  Scotland,  by  tji<v  name 
ot  James  the  Kithih,  or  th.it  tlie  fjyie  anci  title  of  Knu;  ot  Great  Ontait: 
lia'h  ;mv  right  iir  title  wh^if.ievcf  to  tiie  trown  tf  this  realm,  or  aiiy 
f>tlirr  the  dominions  thereto  beloitfiiig  ;  and  I  do  renoiinre,  rehsfe  aiiil 
alij.uc  i(nv  allegiance  or  obedie.!i:e  to  unv  of  fheni.  And  I  Or-  Iweni, 
Ihj!  1  wji;  hear  fa:tli  and  true  allegiance  to  his  Majeftv,  K-ns  G^ori^c, 
.•md  hirn  will  def.'nd  to  the  utmolf  ot  inv  power,  aj^dinlt  all  traitorous  con- 
Ipiracicfc  and  atieiupts  wlutfotver,  which  itiall  be  hiadc  apamU  his  per. 
ioa,  crown  or  dii'.nity.  .  And  I  will  c!u  my  titmoll  endeavor  to  diJciofc 
and  irake  known  to  !iis  r.!jj'(tv  ard  his  (lurrcfTors.  all  trcaliiiif  and  trair- 
or  un  conlpiracies  wlitch  1  (hall  know  to  be  ajiainft  him  or  any  of  (hem. 
And  I  do  taitlifully  pronnlr  to  the  lUinoH  of  my  power  to  fupporf.  ninin- 
tairv  and  defend  the  loccfl'i'n  oi  the  trown  a^aiirt  the  delcendants  o'  tlr 
f«'d  Jarnet,  and  ttf:itinl{  a!i  o'he r  perf'^HS  whaiioevi.'r ;  which  fiitceiii.)!), 
by  an  iitt  entitled  "an  «ct  tor  the  fiii  tiior  hhiitatiin  oi  the  crown,  and 
b'^tter  Icciirinfi;  the  riK''t«  and  Ubi-rtiC!-  of  the  (ubjVtl  "  is  and  Hands  lini- 
iltcdtoths  PrintL'fs  Suph.a,  Ekiilre's  and  Dotchefs  Dowaj»'rr  of  ilnn)- 
Ver,  and  the  h^'irs  wt  h-r  bodv,  bemt;  pro'rff  ir:ts.  And  all  the(e  th  lit::'; 
1  d<#  plainly  and  finccrcly  acknowledge  and  I  wear,  ac.*.orclin||i  to  tliciccs- 
|j:*!s  words  1^  y  nie  iooken,  and  a.iDrdint;  tn  the  plain  and  coinnu.ii 
len<  e  and  iMulei  ilandin^  of  the  lame  wt^rds  with)Ut  any  equivocation, 
mental  cvaCion,  or  lecrct  re(erv;uion,  vhauvtr.  And  1  dc  make  ih'S 
recognition,  acknovv!p(ii;enien!,  abi  iration,  renimriation  aid  proiinle, 
j>r?>rtiiy,  vulhngiy  and  truly,  upon  tne  ir-jc  tuiih  ot  a  Clir.ltian.  So  lir Ijj 
me  God. 

If  yoi.t  are   not  loyal  and  tfiic  with  once  fwear- 
to  be  true  to  your  King,  you   never   will  be  truci 
fub;e6l$.      It   appears  unjall  and  unconflitutlona), 
(if  you  are  guided  by  a  conftitution)  for  to  alT<  fuch 
a   thing  of  a  fubjecft.      If  you  arc  fufpcdled  as  a  fet 
of  rcbcllious^^and  dangerous  men,  and  yoii  are  to  be 
forced  to  fwaHow  fuch  binding  obligations  that  you 
never  dare  oppofe  any  thing  that  may   be  impofed 
on  you»    without   the    leaft    murmuring,  ami  that 
this  method  of  makiog  the  fubject  fwcar  fliJill  be 
fo  binding,  that  he  will  bov\r  down   an^    fay,   **  ^// 
this  I  ha-j**  fworn,  and  if  I  break  this  oath,  I  jlvill 
ne'i^er  ilare  to  meet  fny  Creator,'*   In  this  I  am  pof- 
itive,  that  no  nation  in   the  world  is  more  fcniible 
of  righ;  and    vvroivg  than  you  are,  and  none   x\\\t 
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are  or  caw  be  fothoughtlcrs  as  to  takcsn  oath  With-' 
cut  firft  ihirkifjg  ot  the  Jiature  of  that  oath,  ant\ 
fearching  into  the  true  intent  and  rneaRing  of  it. — • 
Jt  is  a  political  thing  ^vith  all  nations,  to  bind  thc^ 
fubjc(f\  ill  fofne  way,  ?>nd  to  giiard  againft  perrons' 
coming  in  and  poifoning  the  minds  of  the  people^ 
It  iMay  be  juftly  obfervedj.fiys  the  writer, 

H<"  thnt  imi'fif^?  anojfh  m<»kc.s  il, 

N.>t  hiTT  that  for  fonvfrnence  takfs  i!  ; 

Thrr,  how  can  it  !>«  f^ul, 

Thv»'t  a  nian  breaks  an  wath  he  luttr  made. 

Oattfl  arc  as  laws  for  the  prefervation  of  the  fuB-* 
j'cift,  and  fo  long  a*  his  property  and  perfon  is  pro- 
tedled,  they  are  cculidcrcd  binding,  and  no  longer; 
when  any  pcrl'on  or  body  of  people  cannot  enjoy 
their  rights  and  Hbertiesy  by  reafon  ot  the  overbear 
ing  codduCl  of  thei'r  fuperiors  ;  they  have  nothing 
to  bind  thcni  to^  continue  under  that  order,  but  rf 
juft  right  to  go  out  of  luch  kingdom  or  ftate,  with- 
out hindrance  or  moleftiuion,  and  to  take  with  them 
their  cifcds. —  I'hofc  n^cn  cannot  be  confidercd  as 
having  perjured  themfelves,  ahho'  it>  iy  [veld  by  the 
Bifl-iops  and  PrieAs  of  England,  that  all  furh  per  - 
fons  wlro  once  lake  this  oath,  are  and  ever  mull  bo 
bound  y  and  if  any  perfon  Hiottld  at  a  future  tin^c 
be  takci>  wi-ih'  an  enemy  bearing  srms  againll  his 
Majefty,- fuch  perfon  would  be  confidersd  as  guilty 
and  worthy  of  deat'h,-  nnd  to  be  cxc""utcd  without 
benefit  of  clcrgv.  Notwit^iftanding  fuch  perfon 
may  have  been  called  from  Ins  Majeily's  domi.a- 
ions,  in  the  lawful  and  jull  puriuk  of  his  property 
or  iricnds,  and  have  been  taken  fick,  or  that  in  the 
courfc  of  his  time  ir\  anotlicr  kingdom  or  ftatff^- 
there  might  have  been  fomcla',v  or  order,  whereby 
he  found  it  neceflary  to  takf^  the  oath  in  that  coun-* 
try,  and  by  becoming  a  fubiccl,  he  is  liable  to  b^^ 
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his  Mijtky,  would  h  net  be  very  buid  to  execute 
this  man,  whfr.  found  r.ding  agreeable  to  the  laws 
of  the  country  in  which  h*  then  rciidcd  ;  the  fam« 
tnight  be  lajd  of  my  friends  in  the  Crf/Wj.r,  ihouU 
they  bear  arms  againfl  their  motlier  courury,  the 
United  SUita,  But  we  feel  vfio:s,  liberal  towards 
cur  friends,  than  to  take  ihcir  lives,  bccaufe  they 
have  once  taken  an  oath  to  fupport  our  Con^Iiu- 
tion,  and  by  fpme  profped  in  purfui:  of  property 
and  happincfs,  they  have  thcjght  fit  to  go  and 
fearch  out  th^t  country,  in  order  t»  bett«r  them- 
fclves.  All  thr^fe  aflcrtions  of  your  priefts  and 
public  officers,  may  fcrv?  to  frighten  weak  minds, 
i>nd  keep  the  uninformed  in  a  ftatc  of  ignorance  ; 
they  will  tell  you  that  tjie  words  are  for  you,  and 
the  force  of  them  words  arc  fufficiently  finding, 
and  you  are  not  to  place  fuch  conft^dlioni  on  them 
as  may  bcft  fult  your  cafe  ;  you  are  bound  apd  iruft 
obey.  Your  Lords  little  think  wha(|a  pretty  fig- 
ure they  would  make  if  they  \vcrc  to  endeavor  to 
/l©p  people  from  going  into  the  Provinces^  or  from 
coming  out  j  it  would  require  them  and  all  hii 
Majefty's  forces  to  prevent  a  thiag  of  this  kind. — 
Mr.  HoBEUT  I.  D.  Gray  ha$  been  plcafcd  to 
fay  in  the  Houfe  of  Commoofl,  **  that  hs  did  not 
"^mffo  to  lave  any  mors  Americans  come  tojl'ttk,  and 
that  if  any  there  ivere  u/bit  di/Ii-^cd  the  laws,  they 
might  reiurn*'  y^ow  nted  i>ot  thank  him  for  his 
goodncfs  in  thl^  refpcif^  ;  ihii  gentlerrian  knows 
nothing  of  the  An>cricans,  whether  they  ar«  ufe* 
ful  men  or  r\ot  ;  it  is  not  long  fince  he  lod  ins 
clouti  and  plaids,  therefore  wc  are  fenfible  that  hit 
head  navcr  brewed  the  firil:  idea  of  fach  a  p)an  ; — 
your  noble  Lord,  Chief  Jaftice  Jwn  lii:^,^z\.v.x 
has  been  at  the  hot?  >m  of  thi;,  bu.f'i?rs. 


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The  A  mericans  arc  never  to  be  driven  or  tri^Hi- 
tncd  to  death  by  the  ivvclling  words  of  a  yoeng 
puppy  who  ii  fct  up  to  bark  for  big  noble  Lords  j 
they  are  tr;ic  lovers  of  liberty  }  thay  arc  tlmofl  alt 
of  thc;ii  acquainted  with  the  right  of  fuffragc  at 
their  clt(flions,  and  many  of  them  hsvc  €:i:pericnc~ 
cd  it ;  you  are  at  this  tJnnc  made  aliens,  and  the 
full  term  of  fcveu  years  muft  pafs  away,  before  you 
can  hare  the  privilege  of  choofing  members  for 
the  Houle  of  Commons  or  Parliament ;  at  the  lame 
time  they  make  you  pay  taxes  as  others.  Mr. 
Angus  McDonel^,  one  of  the  members  of  the 
Houfc  of  Commons,  obferved,  **  t6/7f  he  thought 
the  lave  cught  to  be  rcconjidercd^t  the  Sejjions  in  June 
i8oi."  The  Houfc  of  Lords  thought  it  almoft  a 
crime  to  have  4jch  a  bill  prcfcntcd  before  them,  or 
even  mcntionea  to  be  done.  |  here  take  the  lib- 
(irty  to  obferve,  that  whilft  to  your  officers  of  gov- 
crhment  all  Aings  appear  to  be  in  perfedt  fafcty^ 
and  general  fatisfadtion  throughout  your  Provinces, 
at  the  farfie  time  we  may  look  around  and  fee  that 
in  the  very  height  of  profpcrity,  both  individuals 
and  nations  are  in  fa(!^  upon  the  brink  of  ruin  ;  \ 
casnot  help  being  alarmed  at  the  flats  in  which  1 
fee  your  country  at  this  prefent  time.  M^hen  the 
adminiftrators  of  a  government  are  puffed  up  with 
aHopinion  of  their  own  wifdom,  ftrength?.nd  fafe- 
ty,  it  is  then  that  their  conduit  is  impolitic  a^nd  the 
confequences  fatal,  the  conditions  of  kingdotns,  as 
nf  individuals  is  variable.  Permanent  tranquility 
is  fcldom  feen  in  this  world,  and  with  circumftan- 
ccs  the  conduct  of  both  individuals  and  of  nations 
is  fcen  to  change.  The  fuccefs  of  your  Lords  ii% 
fwindling  the  crowri  and  fubjed^s,  fcrves  to  produce 
in  them,  arrogance,  rafhncfs  and  folly,  which  would 
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placed  into  fuch  an  open  field  to  extend  and  C\*hff 
their  ungrateful  and  avaricious  anxiety  tor  obtaining 
property,  as  well  as  enforcing  fuch  laws  as  will  bell 
cover  and  fccuro  tothcmfelvcs  fuch  rights  and  priv- 
ileges as  may  make  them  fafe — all  this  is  done 
without  any  degree  of  moderation  or  feeling,  either 
for  crown  or  fubjc<5t.  How  impolitic  it  is  to  lis 
men  appointed  and  fent  from  Grcit  Britain  for  gov- 
ernors and  their  council,  judges,  &c.  Whcfi  thvy 
come  to  America,  they  are  loft,  they  don't  know 
how  to  proceed  in  any  other  way  Aizn  tht:  arbitrary 
fyftem  to  which  they  have  been  educated.  They 
iirft  difcover  in  the  countenance  of  an  American 
farmer,  that  which  appears  more  bold  and  undaunt- 
ed when  in  prefence  of  his  rulers,  than  is  commoii 
for  a  man  in  a  high  degree  of  office  at  home  ;  fay^ 
the  Lords  **  this  Jellow  looks  fancy  and  impudent  anj 
I II  bring  him  down^'  he  then  proceeds  in  hard,  harfh, 
ungentiemanlikc  treatment  in  converiation.  Kcv^ 
crthelcfs  you  are  obliged  to  put  up  with  all  the  af- 
perlions  that  men  of  their  abilities  arc  capable  of. 
The  fituation  of  thole  men  brmg  to  my  mind  the 
follov'ing  anecdote  : —    '  •   V  "  "  " 

•*  Dionyjius^  the  great  tarant  of  Sicily,  fliewed 
how  far  hs  was  from  being  happy,  f-vcn  wliilil:  he 
abounded  in  riches^  and  all  that  riches  could  pro* 
CLire.  Democles,  one  cf  his  flatterer?,  wjs  con)pH- 
mcnting  him  upon  his  power,  his  trealare?  and  the 
magnificence  of  his  rcval  ftate,  and  that  no  mon- 
arch  ever  was  greater  or  happier  than  he.  **  Have 
you  a  mind,"  lays  the  king  to  J^^.tioC'ts,  **  to  tallc 
ihJs  happinefs,  and  know  by  experience,  w  hat  my 
cnjoymei^ts  aie,  upon  which  the  king  ordered  a 
royal  Uanquet  to  be  (jrepaied^  and  phc«d  Dt'>/j^clc's 
into  a  gilded  couch,  covered  with  rich  embroidcrv, 
and  fide  boards  ioided  wiih^(.;!d  -AP.d  ulv«r  y],\tc  Gt 


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immcnce  value,  znd  pages  of  extraordinary  beauty 
*o  tvjit  on  him  at  the  lable,  and  to  obey  his  com- 
rnands  with  the  giestcfl;  rcadineis  aqd  moft  pro- 
faund  fubmifiion  ^  neither  ojntrncat?,  chaplcts  of 
flowers,  nor  rich  perfumes  were  wanting  ;  his  ta- 
ble was  load.sd  with  the  tpoft  exqisifitq  delicacies  of 
every  kind.  This  made  I)emoclcs  think  himfclf 
among  the  gods  ^  but  amidft  all  this  glorious  hap- 
pincfs,  he  fees,  let  down  from  the  rcof  cxa(^l/  over 
his  neck,  as  he  lay  indulging  himfelfia  flatc,  t 
glitt«rir.g  fwurd  hung  by  a  lingle  hair  j  by  this  he 
iaw  deftrui^iai)  threatening  him  from  qr^  ^igJi? 
which  (oon  ppt  a  flop  to  his  joy  and  revelling ;  all 
this  great  pomp  with  immcnie  treafures,  gave  hlii^ 
no  longer  any  pleafares,  he  even  dread?  to  put  fcr!.'> 
his  hand  to  the  tiblc^  he  then  throws  oflftht  chap- 
let  of  rci'es,  he  haftecs  to  remove  from  his  danger* 
ous  ihuation,  and  begs  the  King  to  »cflore  him  to 
his  former  humble  condition,  having  no  di'firc  tc 
enjoy  any  Iqngar,  fucl^  a  dreadful  kind  of  happinefs.". 
I  lliauid  not  be  furprifed  jn  thefe  days,  to  fe^ 
fveraiofhis  MajciVy's  moft  honorable  executive 
members,  relieving  thcmfclves  in  the  fame  way  ;— * 
they  will  be  as  fiuk  of  iluif  fuuuionj!  as  Dionyjlm, 
who  15  ilylcd  the  great  tyrant  of  Sic'-ly^  but  ncvcc 
could  podibly  fliew  any  m^rearbitrzry  and  i^nfceling 
conduct  in  obtaining  his  riches,  thau  has  been 
fliewn  by  yocr  rulers  in  the  Canai{cis-^x\\^y  are 
•ablblute,  they  arc  not  afraid  of  king  nor  parliament, 
tlicy  arc  tha  iirfl  fci  of  rulers  that  ha^  been  known 
fo  rob  both  the  crown  and  the  f^bj»:t(.'l,  \vi  oMer  to 
iccuri';  property  to  themfelves,  they  will  beglact  bye 
and  bye  to  nnd  a  Democles  to  ofier  thtir  honors  and 
(TieafiH-cs,  they  will  be  at  a  lofs  whcr«*  to  fmd  one, 
rha:  dare  accept  of  the  enjoymenti  which  they  hav^ 
;b  ^'eat  au  idea  of  at  this  time. 


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■fnrarfj  faprrior,  whatadvants^je  lifs? 

Tell  it  youciui,  what  ir  is  to  be  *»i1c  I 

Ti't  but  loknow,  howr  little  can  be  known. 

To  fee  ulloihcrs  tault'»aH«J  feci  our  owi»,——P*/i<». 

Could  thofc  nicij  be  made  Irnfiblc  of  all  this,  and 
layahdcaU  national  prejudicCy  tbcy  hiivcit  in  their 

f)owcr  to  unite  the  inhabitantsy  and  commaud  the 
3VC  and  attention  of  almoft  every  American,  tha^ 
in  cafe  of  any  convuliion:  or  ruptwrc  ihcy  would  tiy 
with  heart  and  h-and  to  the  alfiAiince  and  relief  of 
their  rulers,  with  tkc  kaft  notice  th.vt  could  b«s 
given,  which  would  be  iBuch  better  for  them  thau 
to  be  known  confiilting,  Jcarafter  year,  every  ineaf-* 
ttte  that  will  bind  the  ft5bjed>.  in  the  mod  barbarous 
manner,  net  giving  their  affeni  to  laws  the  nioi\ 
wholcfonne  for  the  public  goad  (when  moved  bf 
the  Houfc  of  Commons)  at  th«  fame  time  paving 
the  way  for  fiiirther  and  further  oppOFtunitics  ofop- 
prcflion,  by  obliging  the  fubje<5t  to  take  the  oath  of 
Allegiance  time  after  time,  as  they  may  think  pro- 
per to  order,'  and  by  taking  hold  of  t»very  little  catch 
in  fuch  bills  as  the  members  think  proper  to  Uy 
before  thcm^  and  then  to  give  fan(^Uon  to  fuch  as 
willgivc  thcmlelves^  power  over  the  fubje£ls ;  youv 
J«rds  are  very  ready  to  fee  faults  in  the  fubjedts. 
But  in  ihemfclvea  they  cannot  fee  any  wron::.  they 
are  pufTfcd  up  with  their  own  vanity,  and  at  the: 
lame  time  are  afraid  of  allovin?  the  common  ri;rhts 
and  privileges  of  mankind,  for  fear  that  they  will 
not  be  iho't  ^ac^^i  men  in  the  (htion  in  which  thcv 
arc  placed. — Could  your  moft  honorAbleand  nobl>5 
Lords  have  fentinjcnta  of  iHodcration  lutfiricut  to 
rcflcd  for  a  moment,  they  would  pcihaps,  find  th^t 
Ijfcatncfs  docs  not  fccure  pcrfons  of  rank  from  ir*- 
firmity  of  body  or  mind — that  the  gout  or  fever  will 
i\Q\  fparc  iii«  ivord  fooncr  than  the  fubjedl,  and  th;it 
•11  your  giJAfd*  *nd  ccntifleli  v^ill  not   prevent    th'j 


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«{  prcaciV  ci  Dccuh  upon  your  high  fed,  gouty  gcv« 
frnurs,  which  you  have  imported  into  your  Prov- 
inces, as  the' they  were  of  a  better  kind  of  men. — - 
jt  is  to  this  dj^y  very  comnfion  that  the  Americanj 
import  <'jme  old,  wind-broken  horfes  for  the  pur- 
polcofioverlr.g,  far  the  lake  of  the  breed  only, 
but  I  never  in  my  travels  have  heard  of  fpavin,  ring- 
bone i^ovcrnors,  fent  to  a  foreign  country  to  bare 
Tule  over  the  people,  except  in  his  Majefty's  pro- 
vinces in  America.  It  is  a  (hame  to  the  American 
siarne,  that  fuch  impohtions  ihould  be  put  uport 
them. 

Did  they  buc  only  coniidcjr  what  a  figure  tj:ey 
m<\kt  in  the  aye  of  the  difcernhig  world,  they  would 
foon  think  of  niterinsr  their  line  of  condud,  their 
wifdom  is  eafily  undcrftocd  to  be  at  heft,  but  a 
kind  of  low  cunning.  Their  honors  arc  but  the 
»pi)kufe  of  fools,  dazzl'jd  by  the  riches  of  knaves, 
who  tlaiter  them  for  what  they  i»ope  to  gull  ;  the 
Mts  of  thofe  cruel  fpoilers,  only  overreach  the 
weak,-  or  wniniardcd,  the  eye  of  experience  pierced 
lijc  cob  web  veil  of  hypocrity.  Not  to  mention  a 
more  penetrating  eye,  which,  I  am  fure  they  can-- 
r-ot  deceive  ;  but  let  them  go  on  (if  they  will)  and 
like  the  advantage  while  they  can,  it  v^'illnot  be  long 
t]\:\i  they  will  have  it  in  their  powers  to  overreach 
ir,\  onecf  you  ;  the  p;ill>.»e  in  the'good  book  fays 
•'  Oaft  is  but  for  2  dny."  O  ^  fooli  whom  art 
thcu  deceiving  ?  They  arc  deceiving  ihemfelvcs. — 
Of  wfiat,  1  afk,  arc  thufe  men  cheating  thcmfelves  ? 
I  aiifvvei ,  of  their  reputations,  profpcrity  and  peace  ;f 
and  preparing  rods  forlheir  own  puniihment 

Try  *!-ir.t  rfpciitpiirc  can --^vliaf  ran  it  tlot ; 
i  er  wh.it  C..11  It,  whcrj  our  c.uinotrcpei>l . 

*rhofc  men   little  thiwk  of  the   good  cifc*5l  that 
d  reiunnatioa  mi;^ht    have,   cgwld   their  haujj-luy 


pride  be  brought  low  with  their  own  free  will  and 
accord  : — •  ' ^  ■       •     ;  • 

..   '     • ;      B•»^T  (h>bhrtrn  kncc^,  and  !i«arti  with  Hringi  of  Crel  ; 
Ho  ictt  as  liricvs  ot  tlic  new  t^orn  b.tbe, 
'•,    -v'     _^ , .and  rtil  uid)  yet  be  iv«il. 

For  myfcli"  1  can  fay  that  I  am    not  afhamcd    of 
niy  coLiiUry,  let  thofe  haughty    Britons    fay   what 
they  plcafe  :n  difparsgcment  of  the  citizens  of   iktr 
Uniu'd Stilt cs  ;  let  thttn  fay  that  we  are  not   gentle-^ 
men,  and  only  fit  to  cuhivate  wild  lands,  and    to 
fcrvcas  Haves,  and  that  our  Judges  and   Kuleis    are 
nothing  but  tavern-keepers  and    retailors  ;    and   at 
the  fame  time^  boaflof  their  mod  CJracioiis  Sover- 
eign, Lord  Gesr^f  tlie  III.  King  o^  the  three  Unit- 
ed Kingdoms,  f^ivin^r  that  he  is  entitled  to  more  an- 
inial  pnv  than  all  the  Conf^icfs  of  the  United  Slates  ; 
they  ipeak  thofe  things  in  the  heat  of  wine  and  paf- 
lion,  they  might  do  well  to  ilep  and  make  1  calcu- 
lation upon  the  enormous  funi  that  they  arc  in  debt; 
rtiould  they  do  this  they  would  tind  that  fuch  large 
fibries  arc  not  p^id,  by  monies  fo  judly  earned,  and 
peaceably  obtained  by  the  citizens  oiihzUnitcd  Sttitis 
;uid  cheerfully  paid  to  defray   the  expcnceof  tha 
government.     It   is    too  common  for  thofe  char- 
nders  in  the  dthfidds  to  boafl  of  their  Britilh  in- 
fluence in   the  UmtcJ  States^  that  it  will  become 
to  powciftd,  that  they  will  divide  the  frjuthern  and 
northern  Hates,    and  thut  the  northciji  or  eaflcrn 
t'lates  will  become   united  in   the  Britifli  form  of 
<^,ovrrnnKnt,    faying  that  it  is  tho  beO:  fyfccm  and 
the  moft   natural  tu  the  Eaftcfn  ^Uatcs,  as  they  arc; 
the  children  of   Great  Britain,   and  cannot  forgcc 
:he  good  old  sriftocraticnl  fonw  of  government. — 
it  would    be  laughable  to  fee  any   one  attempt  to 
i-iife  his  head  in  th«  Eafleru  Statcrt  in  fupport  of  a 
llandard  of   this  kiiid,     l\\    the  dwada^   nothing 
C'.ndd  give  a  man  greater  anplaufe  ;  itwis  thepUn 


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on  \\';iicii  vcui  ccuntrv   was  iiift  ICttlcd.      It  Vv'3$ 
aprccd  bv  a  certain  luirnbcr  of  chaniQers  tliat  the 
iuncls  ihould  be  graiUcd  v\  feigniorics  or  lordihipsj 
bad  tbc  country  i'aiincis  begii  duped  in  iueh  a  way, 
it    would    hjvc    been   ncctlTafy  to   iiave  imported 
lords  from  b^uri>}^c  to  rule  in  and  over  each  leign-^ 
iory  J  in  tiie  lame   plan  ihey  intended  to  bind  the 
Hibjcd't  in  a  v>-ky  that  hccpwbi  not  fell  his  land. — 
The  deeds  iliiir'^  at  thai  rime  w«?re  drawn  to  the 
fahjc>it  and  his  hfirr.,  only^  intending  to  let  up  rs 
httic  ariltccravy    in  tath  ioidihip  i  they  tiatt^fred 
themfclvef,   that  in   tbjt  early  day;  the  worn  out 
loyalius  would  be  glad  of  any   title  to  their  lands  •, 
\h{^y  found  however,  th>t  they  were  not  to  be  dup- 
fd  in  lliis  way ;  the  deeds  :h«\t  were  ilTucd  and  fent 
<j\n.f  were  returned  by  the  farn:7*er!?,  at  which  thcif 
rulers  began  to  think  rh^A  fuch  a  plan  would  never 
do.     They  then  came  on  the  pkn  of  free  and  coin- 
anon  fock:\gc  (by  them  faid  to  be  fcc-fipple.)     hat 
xh.r.y  will  never  p.iakc  fortunes  by  felling  deeds  of 
this  defcriptioF).     Jt  h  cnoiugh  to  choke  a  pcrfon  of 
trommon  fpirit  nnd  ambition  to  read  their  preknt 
form  of  deeds  3  they  arc  .Ouflcd  full  of  dry   cove- 
nants,   and    the   fubicvb    bcoomes    bnund  in    th': 
flrongeft  manner,  a/iU  if  fouiid' deficient  in  one  point 
forfeits  the  v/hole.     i\?ain,  kt  ns  take  a  view  of 
hi?  .Msjcily  the  King,  that  yosif  little  lords  boatr 
r>{  having  fuch  a  fort:?.ne  by  way  of  falary,    I  allow 
him  to  have  a  fortune,  qnd  to  be  a  good  man,  and 
one  who,  oclinj.;  himftlf,  >vi.,jhfs  to  weigh  julljcc  in 
the  fcale'of  reaibn,  to  every  notion  and  fubic-'t.  Thf,* 
King  is  not  to  be  blamed  for  v/liat  his  i'.vecJtivcs  do, 
Tlicy  are  as  a  Ir.rge  family  ot  ride,  haughty  and  im- 
perious   beys,  combined  to  clicat  and  defraud  thej 
r;ood  oh!  m.v\  (their  father,   the  king.)     When  i'> 
iiij  prcfonrr,  th'  y  vc  ail  f.ihmilTion,  when  out  oi 


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;ight,  their  heads  sre  to^^ethcr  formii.^^  pia:i:>  tti 
fport  upon  his  property,  an  i  while  thi:  pTcpert\^ 
lafls,  they  ar<?  to  ibine  tViends  and  to  others  cnL*mir?, 
ufin'^  their  endeavors  to  raiic  ouarrcis  with  thok 
Nvhoin  they  call  enemies ,-,  at  the  lame  time  they  arc* 
ready  t'^  join  in  all  nejt^Jihofhpqd  tjuarrcls  and  di(- 
putes.  The  fame  has  taken  pbce 'ag.'Miif!-  I"rspce» 
icill  they  have  involved  their  father  aivi  ihcm'livc:- 
m  fiich  a  fcries  of  diffkultics  that  he  his  became 
ailiamcd^  af'  .  is  loided  with  fjc.h  burthen j  of  c^- - 
pince?;,  th^lh**has  thought  proper  to  dvcp  thi'  j 
(iea  of  b'JIng  r.ny  longer  iiikd,  "  a  Defender  of  tha 
Faith  of  France,  &c."  And  iliould  this  profligate 
family  of  his  tfontinnc  to  hare  rule,  in  icA  over  his 
fcvcral  territories  in  othei^  countries,  '  where  Iiis 
IVLijcrty  now  claims,  thofc  impolitic  and  o\crbi;ar" 
jng  youths  in  their  avoricioufncfs  for  fpcculition, 
both  on  the  father  «ind  his  poor  fubjcifls,  they  will^' 
I  fiy,  un'doubtedly  impoverifh,  diflreis  and  pro- 
voke thofe  province?,  till  you  will,  by  fonic  mif" 
condud,  loofe  the  faith  of  h.is  Majedy,  and  be  left 
like  Fri::iCf  and  the  '  V'ih:il  Siiite^^  to  govern  and 
take  care  of  themfclves,  leaving  tlie  people  to  make 
thoice  of  fuch  men  to  rule  them  from  time  lO  time, 
fli  th«  li'^ajority  fliall  or  may  think  proper.  It  is  the 
prefent  fituation  ct  us  ir.  the  United  State j^  and 
much  tlie  fame  in  France,  tnd  it  Is  rcafonable  ti 
believe  that  in  fomc  6t.y  cr  other,  not  far  diflant. 
the  Ct:niidi.is  \Vill  Iboft  t\\z  faith  of  their  gocid  old 
king,  find  brought  on  too  by  hi::  blind  eKCCutive?;, 
It  io  furprifing  to  think  that  men  will  let  their 
liaughty  imperious  pride,  iiaixed  with  national  pre- 
judice, be  their  ruin  and  final  deftruiVion  ;  but  fuch 
is  the  ambition  of  thofc  who  lldc  th^mfelvcs  the 
j^reatand  true  born  fons  of  (Wccu^Brltaiu.  Whcf* 
jhey  fee  en  opca  free  and  indrpeadant  count'Jniiacej 


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they  ftartleat  the  firft  light  oi  luch  men,  In  which 
it  is  very  common  for  th«m  to  employ  fom»  diity 
and  unfurpe(fle;i  felio^.v  to  lift«n  nnd  «av€f-drop,  in 
Older  to  fiwd  out  the  buHncfs  of  fach  perfons.  This 
15  the  iiitthod  in  whiLb  they  receive  our  Americtn 
gnnlcnicn.     I  hope  I  do  not  oflend  tgainifl:  mod- 
clly  in  Uying,  that  in  the  Vnitcd  SUiffi  any  private 
citizen,  ut  all  time?,  by  day  or  by  night,  can  have 
cafier  acceis  to  the  Prefidcnt,  Vice-Prefident,  kc, 
than  is  poiribla  !j  be  had  by  the  fiibjcds  in  the  C^/?- 
aJas,  to  their  J,u]ers  Jat  noon  day.     I  feci  mylelf 
•vvoundcd  when  I  hear  of  my  friends  being  obliged 
to  put  up  with  fuch  barefaced  infults,  and  all   the 
national  rcficdions  that  it  ii  poflibic  to  be  made 
ufe  of,  and  to  men  of  rcfpcdtability,  who  have  ta- 
ken lands  under  hi2  Majefty'i  Proclamations,  with 
a  good  and  tree  intent  of  being  peaceable  fubjecls. 
every  fuch  pcrlon  feels  himfclf  degraded,  and  will 
not  be  that  ufeful  man  to  his  Majfifty,  which  he 
otherwife  would  have  been.     It  is  very  common  to 
hear  hi$  Majedy'j  officers  fncering,  and  at  the  fame 
time  looking  dov/n  upon  our  American  gcntlemeuj 
when  in  the  lawful  purfuit  of  property;   they  afk, 
**  //  :'t  poj/il-k  Jor  a  farmer,,   like  this  man  to  be  a 
gentleman  ?  is  is  pofiibh  ikot  fuch  a  man   can  ever 
■'.'cive  had  tl:  title  .y  Colonel  or  General  ?'    Econ- 
omy and    (l:ri(5t    induRry  amongft  the  Aiucricans, 
gnins  g'C.it  applnufc  and  credit  to  the  pcrfoa  who 
wS  fo  ambitious,    a«    to  txxrt  himfelf  in  that  way, 
jnd  we  do  not  think  liim  the  mean  man  f.)r  all  tliis ; 
\vc  wif]:i  to  have  cur  farmers   become  as  much  of 
i\.z  iRformed  gentleman,  &&  the  Rritiih  officers  who 
arc  let  to   rule  in    -.-^^rvrnV J.     'the  government   of 
?h';  Vr.itrd St.ites  af?brd$  ciHOuri)gcji\«nt«  to  educa- 
tiofl  as  wtU  as  induftry.  This  continent  \i   placed 
-n  one  of  tht  xnoft  happy  wtuations  in  the  knowu 


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Alliiioft  all  naticus  arc  to  this  day  v.  liLIng 
Xo  D^ai'C  in  her  enjoynTTRts.  She  has  become  ono 
of  the  greateft  fttlds  of  general  ini'ormation  im  the 
•univeric/and  it  is  wrong  for  any  peifoa  to  imagine 
that  any  of  this  race  of  enlightened  people,  fliould 
b«  brought  to  bow  and  dance  attendance  to  a  few 
chara<n;€fs,  whofe  haughtlncis  deprivei  them  ofthi; 
common  complailaiicc  of  ©ur  country  farmers.  If 
they  were  as  gigantir  as  their  deiir<-s,  thi$  vail  con- 
tiaent  could  not  contain  them.  > 

'  I  fubmit  to  the  difccrning  world  on  which  fidte 
the  advantage  lies,  when  a  Gcrr.parifon  is  made  bc~ 
fewccn  Bfitifl^i  haughtiseis  and  American  fA'pcri- 
cnc«j  the  very  fcenes  and  cuftoma  of  ¥/hich  they 
have  only  rcad^  ivehavs  both  fecn  ;::nd  experienced. 
What  th;ykno\v  by  reading  we  know  by  a<flion. — • 
They  arc  pleafcd  to  flight  our  mean  birth,  we  may 
defp.ife  their  mean  ckarat5lcrs.  Want  of  birth  and 
fortane  are  their  objedions  againft  us,  we  may  fay, 
that  the  want  of  perfona!  worth  is  an  obj^iction  a- 
gainft  them  :  But  arc  not  all  men  of  tin  fame  fpe- 
cies;  what  can  make  a  dincrenc<f  between  one  man 
and  another,  but  the  endowments  of  the  mind  ? 

W  the  Britifl^  ofriccrs  have  rrafon  to  defpife  us, 
let  them  envy  the  honors  beftowcd  upon  us  ;  they 
take  care  to  talk  of  great  things  wliich  they  have 
done;  let  thetn  envy  our  labors  and  the  dangers 
which  we  have  undergone  for  cur  country's  free- 
tlom, 

ThC' following,  the  reader  v;lll  undcrfland  to  be 
the  language  of  Dr.  1' raiiklim,  in  upprtfition  to 
the  treaty  between  Grcirit  Britmn  and  the  United 
States.  *•  The  two  countric?;,"  fays  pR/iNK.LiN, 
**  if  necelTary  to  thtir  produds  to  each  otlier,  will 
feck  an  intcrcourfe.  Great-Britain  is  fimcd  for 
perfidy  and  double  dealing,  b^r  polar  Aar  is  inter- 


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•r-ft,  artifice  with  hfr  is  a  Inbfliratc  iot  nature,  &:c. 

ilicc."     Imyfelf  as  an  indiviJuUl,  am  led  to  believe 

that,  by  the  conduft  ofyoar  Lords,  they  are  i^frai'i 

'  of  the  conrsquenccs  cf  the  freedom  which  fo  fuAl/ 
belongs  to  the  fubie(^l.%  therefore. every  obftacle  ih 
put  in  the  way  to  prevent  your  receiving  Hght*  anc^ 

.,  becoming  happy-  I  am  forry  to  lind  that  the  trea^ 
ty  is  at  this  time  io  very  injurous  to  the  Canad^is ; 
it  would  be  happy  for  you,  if  yoa '  could  have  hai 
the  river  St.  L.iwrence  cpen  tahoth  nations-— your 
produce  would  have  Lcen  miich  higher  and  re.idier 
ma;-ket,  as  a  fliife  in  trade  is  always  good  for  the 
larmer  ;  bat  being  confined  to  one  fct  of  merchants, 
and  thfm  to  fix  both  their  allcing  and  giving  priceSji 
and  at  the  lame  tia:e  thofe  merchants  arc  combin- 
ed together  for  the  mutual  r.dvaniar^e  cf  trade,  and 
a  certain  kt  cf  them  have  a  word  in  the  ears  of 
vour  lords,  and  fame  indeed  belong  even  to  vour 
legiJlative  coaprcih  ;  could  you  but  h.we  an  cqu.J 
chance  with  your  neighbours  in  ihtVnitcd  Siatcf^ 
your  local  lUaatioiiS  are  equal  to  any  en  the  conti- 
nent^ your  foil  is  good,  extending  many  hundred 
iTiiles  upon  tJie  waters  of  the  St.  I/awrence,  it  pro- 
duces wheat,  corn,  beef,  pork,  &c.  in  abundance, 
and  in  the  courfe  of  time  it  is  to  be  hoped  you  will 
hare  an  equal  chance  with  the  other  parts  of  tiic 
^'onti5!ent,  and  that  money  may  circulate  for  the 
bcncfif  ind  cafe  of  the  inhabitants. — Butfo  long  as 
the  prrfcnt  chain  is  kept  up,  by  and  betv/ccn  your 
execativcs  and  merchants,  you  mud  lock  for  every 
thing  in  thtdark»  and  when  you  think  that  yoi 
have  received   light  (in  the  fcarch  of  your  rights^ 

•  General  Hit.'rr,  la  ili«-  w\i.)titM  ut  Aw^Mift,  iSoi,  on  his  rcnirr^  fro*.* 
rjie  U» v^f  •iifo  the  Lowpr  I'iov\ncc.,  firdinj;  i,cvi('na}ttr5  in  nrulanm 
ifom  tlip  buitfcl  btatei,  iirueii  V'»;(iiivf  oidcrs  to  the  icverll  rothndltT* 
vMthm  tlif  {irov.iic?  Imf,  onltT  iij;  w.'n  In  v"*-'*'fi'l  pai'ai'l.ir  p<iV>Pi'» 
itoixi  naHi'ic.  «  iht^  v.cre  t**jnc*rived  lo  Ur  too  mvul\  *\»o\\  ih^  iTiHibl'."- 


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it  W'll  prove  to  have  that  double  meaning  ihn- 
1/r.  Friiikhn  obfcrvcs  the  nation  to  be  (o  fond  of, 
in  rtiori  it  is  trus  that  hi  all  cafes  where  the  exec- 
utives or  inlnlilcr?  put  forth  any  order,  or  prock- 
liiation  cr  iji  making  any  contra(5^,  they  ufe  at  the 
fame  t^me,  every  art  to  leave  fomc  place  whereby  a 
hold  can  be  had,  and  keep  themlclves  in  readincfs 
to  improve  it- — they  will  tell  you  (his  day  that  all 
and  tvery  thing fet  forth  to  view  is  as  clear  and  ea- 
fy  to  be  undcfftood  as  A  B  ^i.  C — you  will  procccl 
to  avlt  and  guide  yourfelf  accordingly,  the  next  in- 
terview they  will  declare  all  void,  every  thing  y; 
black  an  jet,  and  hy  how  dare  }oa  to  pu'  fucii 
conflrucftions  en  our  prockRiaticn;^,  we  will  let 
yoQ  kriow,  fir,-  that  you  are  not  in  the  Staics  — 
vour  nobles  do  not  think  that  thcv  cnn  treat  an  A- 
iiierican  farmer  with  any  hnguage  that  is  ungentlc- 
f'nan-likc. — A  native  Indian  obfervcd,  on  bcinr> 
jilked  by  a  white  man,  how  it  came  that  all  Indinni 
would  lye^iays  the  native  **  "/y  only  tell  ilfs  io  tbr. 
'li'Ute  imriy  'who  taurj.'t  iis,*' — I  hope  that  tiie  A- 
mericans  yvho  arc  zt  Hie  fame  fchfcol  in  the  Cafniihf.; 
will  not  think  that  thry  may  become  deceivers  be- 
caufe  fuch  Icflbns  arc  taught  them  daily — on  th- 
bt'^^cr  hand,'  it  is  Co  be  hoped  that  they  will  ufe 
their  utrho/^  endeavors  in  fupport  of  all  fuch  rules 
and  orders  as  may  be  adopted  ; — let  your  loid.^ 
know  that  yon  arc  not  fuch  rcb-jls  ns  they  may  be 
plcafed  to  take  you  for. — I  lliould  be  forry  to  hear 
of  any  of  my  countrymen,  who  would  commit 
rhcmfelves  by  being  the  firllt  that  fball  rifo  up  ancl^ 
fiy,  **  H^e  cannot  endure  thcfe  arbitrary  and  over- 
ifcarlng  mfiilts  any  longer '*  It  is  to  be  hoped  th:U 
you  will  remember  the  good  book  wliich  tellr,  u.% 
**  He  that  endures  to  the  endjhallbefaved  ;  mid  rv^. 
f!ry  on<:  Jhail  kc  n'li'ardi'd  a^cordinp^  to  bis  ffirr it  ,,'--•> 


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men,  fci  ve  them  fiitlUuily,  in  du?.  rubmiirivc  obe- 
dience to  their  cnlci?.  li  you  know  at  the  lanic 
time  that  you  cannot  merit  any  tiling,  or  that  you 
are  to  be  che:itcci  And  dtlVaihicd  out  ot  your  own 
lud  and  cGuitjbic  li'/hts.  You  will  remember  the 
cvcrulin;;  hand  of  Providcnn:,  And  think  thiit  all 
this  is  only  for  a  tio^e.  The  day  is  at  hand  when 
yi)iir  calc  will  be  heard  cocly  by  fuch  itiQn  as  you 
iir.\y  fee  fit  to  ;s]nx->iut, 

Here  let  us  take  a  view  of  the  Proclamation  of 
Governor  Simcoe,  ili'acd  on  his  arrival  at  ^^'u'l'cc  ^_, 
a  Hatterin^i;  thing  to  thouiands,  who  i'limediatcly 
hovered  around  its  ftandard,  and  embarked  their 
labor  and  property  in  order  to  fuliil  its  contents. 

A  PROCLAMATION, 

Tofueh  a  Are  dijiraus   to     fr'ttlt  oh  the  Lands  of  t'::  Otivrty  Ui  the 

Provinrt  9fUt>f>er  Canaild, 
'By  his  ExctUcKcy,  JOHN  GRAVES  SI MCOF,  Efq,  Lieutcn^ 
(trt  Govtrnor  and  Cs^ima^iSer  in  Chief  af  thi  fard  Province,  end 

Cilontl  comrttdnding  his  Af.^jcfly  s  force:,  (Jc.  b'c.  L's'i:. 

BK  IT  KNOVS'N  to  aUconrcrncv'.  tliat  his  Majcfiy  hatl\  b\  \m  Raval 
Gommi'.rion  and  IrtUriidtions,  tw  the  Governor,  aiul  m  his  aLifcnti',  to  thr" 
1  icutf  nant  G-'vernor,  or  perfon  a'l'nn>iHermj»  tlie  >;ovcrnme»t  tor  the 
r^me  hcmo  of  thefa'd  Pruvmce  oi  Ui'Oer  CiiuvJa,  gvcn  j»uh>rit>  aivl 
cikHimanci  lo  prant  thf  lai\its  of  the  Crown  in  tlie  Jamc  by  p;',(cnl,  niide*" 
ff(e  j;!;r«.»t  (t:»l  therfut';  and  it  h,-i:iu  cspedifi.t  to  i  uhlifh  .md  declare  the 
Rovil  inrfnt'on  relpe^tiiig  liicJi  gnints  and  paunts,  1  do  accordingly 
hctchy  make  known  the  »erin»  ot  ^jrant  .iiui  fettleiiK'nt  to  be  :  — 

ifi.  That  the  crown  lands  to  be  i^rantcd  by  townfhips  ;  it  an  inhind 
t.iwnfhip,  often  miles  f'i)tiarc,  and  it  a  townftip  on  iiavi>iable  wafcr:^,  of 
runt  tniirs  in  front,  and  ivvclve  miles  in  dcpllt,  to  be  tun  nut  and  maikril 
Vv  his  Majcfty's  lurveyor,  or  deputy  hirvcyor  pcacral,  or  undtr  hia 
Itnition  Hnd  aiitliotity. 

ad.  Th:«t  only  Cufh  part  of  the  towr.Hiip  bo  pr«nted  as  fha!!  renviin, 
titer  a  rekrvation  ot  ann  leventh  part  tli-reof  lor  the  fnfport  ot  a  jro- 
teitant  citrpv,  and  one  otli«r  f»:venth  ptit  thercut,  tur  the  future  liifpo  • 
litioii  of  the  crown. 

3d.  That  no  farm  'ot  fball  be  ^ranfd  to  any  one  ffrlcn,  whkU  (hail 
rontiiii  more  than  lo  acres  ;  yet  the  Governor,  Lieutenant-Governor., 
or  perlon  admiitilttrmK  the  povcrnni«-nt,  is  a'louel  nnd  permitted  tw 
^V'nt  to  anv  perfon  or  pcrfous  Aicli  Isnther  quRtitityof  \v\<\  as  tlitv  rtny 
dffirc,  not  fxi  ceding  one  thoidaiid  awrci  over  and  above  what  niay  U.ive 
fcerii  betoie  >:rantcd  to  tlirni. 

4th.  That  every  petitioner  for  lnnd?  tr.akc  it  .i^pe:ir»  th^it  hp  or  fhr  is 
!'i  a  GondittOH  to  c'.iltivjtc  »nd  iiiipr(>ve  the  fAtnr,  ai\d  fhall,  bcfido  tak- 
♦'ig  the  «(u*l  puih?,  r.Vfcnb;  ^  drcUr^lic)  (b«for:  p-)pet  perlon*  to  b« 


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fbr  that  piirpoff  •pp9iritf(')  of  fhc  tenor  of  the  words  tollnwin?,  wW..  *•  1 
A.  B.  «ii)  promiif  uuJ  dfcUie  that  I  wiJI  m.t.ntain  ^n<\  dc'Vini  (ti  the  nt 
muft  of  'tu'  ri'wer,  the  mifhoi  itv  of  the  Kiii,'  ni  hit  Pai  lianirn!,  aj  \hc  !\\ 


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|>rcm>;  Lrp.n.itiue  or  ihi«  Province 

5th.  TtKU  a;'plu  afioni  tor  ^i  jfils  bff  mnle  ty  ^>eti!'',m  to  'he  Go"er« 
nor,  L'eurrnant-Govftuor.  or  \>9rf<»n  it<lniir.i!!cr\Mv  the  cj(>vcniti.cRi  for 
the  timr  !>';inR.  ari.l  wUfre  if  is  -ai^'-Uh'e  ic  ;:rJirit:  the  Miayer  thi  icff,  a 
W4rrdtit  111  ill  ilTiic  to  fl<c  proper  nfficf  r  t.)i  a  1  i^'ev  th.ercuf,  retnrnab:* 
Vfith!!!  fex  Ta:in»hx,  wifh  a  j'ta;*  arniCN'-'J,  anit  l">e  f-iltovvcel  «'ith  a  :>i*t(nt 
f^rantwii'  t]\c  r.<nic,  if  dtrCuc;.!,  \n  frfp  an«t  cri.nnu-"!?  hrtki-  -,  ii'-or-,  /h»:  ti-n'S 
«ind  coiiditiuns,  ih  ti^c  Roy;(i  inlliutto.i.s  cxprclltd,  and  iici  cji:  alur  h'g- 

6-h.  Thit  all  jrrant*  reffrv*  to  '.he  ers-.vn,  alj  roal«,  ( vsmmon'y  called 
frac(j,<!j,  aiiil  inincs  of  t{<;l«4,  tiUer,  opj'Cr,  fin,  tro;i  aivl  Uaii,  and  each 
|iaf'nt  coiuain  ?.  claufr  fur  the  relet  vati»ii  oi"  timber  for  tlic  royal  navf 
of  the  tenor  foiluwinf  : 

'  And  provided  alio,  thit  no  j  art  rf  tit  i\i\i}  <  r  pir.vc!  ot  land  hereby 
ftanieH  tnth^laiH  Mid  lii?;  !•!'*  t;.  tio  'Aiihin  anv  j'-"erv,)t(  m 

heietoiere  rrsjdo  and  marked  for  I's,  our  lic-.rs  »U'i  l:icC'  fl'it'^,  by  ottr  fur- 
vcym-gvTnfral  of  woods,  or  liisi 'a-Mn!  de^mty  ;  in  ^^  hi;  h  cafe,  tli'S  our 
graat  fur  ft'(  It  i>nrt  of  ffviand  hereby  t;iver.  and  L'rantcd  ;o  the  (ad 

and  his  hf'.rj  foreT-r  as  atcrci  r.d,  a^d  whi..  h  (lull  uptn  a  hitvfy 
thereof  hrinj  rrnd*,  l.'S  huis^i  «itlv:i  any  (uth  i  cff;  vr.  (ion,  fh:;l!  br  im:11 
Mid  vo;f1,  atiy  Jfiinj;  her«'n  «:rrtt?ii  it  6  •>■  the  roi.liarv  iK;tw  ni  It  mi'';  eg." 

7'h  Tiij-f  fhei^'-*»  ievcuth^  I'Mcivtff  for  tlit  ciown's  l;ir\ire  dilc. fii'op, 
anfi  li'.c  iHrjv.'if  of  a  I'tntel'taiit  i-leikA',  i">fi  i^ot  hrverfd  tra»:-t>,  each  ut  iiic 
kvf  nth  part  <«f  the  lov'nftiip,  but  lorh  loU  or  1;  ims  tiu-rcin,  as  in  the 
lurvevor  general's  re'iirn  of  the  foivey  of  liie  tc*  iifht".  fi'-'  '  '"'^  di'frrib- 
tA  Ai  let  apart  far  thef*  piirj-ofv-'s,  between  th'*  otlur  tuni;  o.  ■•  h  'th  'he 
Jiiil  tn'vnfiiip  f!ta!l  coull't,  to.  the  intent,  that  the  lands  lo  ro  be  (ciitcd, 
♦nuy  be  ne-uiy  of  the  hke  value  wiih  an  tq'ial  r,j,intity  of  tl.c  otlitr  p.i:i« 
to  be  grartcd  out  a»  alorrnientiontd. 

8fh.  That  I  be  icf>»ev!:iiv<j  patentees  are  to  take  t  lie  efrates  p'an'ed'io 
them  fevcially,  free  ol  ai  quit  rent,  a/>d  ot  at^v  otliercxiieiKC^,  ihjn  hirli 
fees  as  are  mr  may  be  allowed  to  be  deinaiidrd  and  leociveH  l)v  '.hf  dif- 
ff  rent  ofTiccrs  concerned  iti  psflin;;',  the  patent  sad  icrordn.",  the  fame, 
to  be  Hated  in  a  table  ntithoritec!  and  efiahlintcd  I-  v  lliC  };oveinnien'  and 
piibiiclv  fixed  up  in  the  fevcral  offices  of  the  Clerks  ot  the  Council,  ot" 
Ihe  Surveyor-General,  and  of  ih»  Secretaty  uf  the  I'rovince. 

9th,  That  every  patent  be  entered  upon  record  wuhinfix  mnnflis 
from  the  elate  thereof,  in  the  Secretary's  or  Regillcr's  ctfice,  a. id  a  uutkct 
the:-ecf  in  the  Auditor's  cfiirc. 

i«*h,  Wbefirvpr  i»  fball  be  advifablc  toprsnt  any  given  qnantitv  to  mie 
per(on,ot  one  tlioufand  acrei  or  under,  and  tfie  fame  cannot  bf  tbi'-iiil  by 
real»n  of  the  faid  refcrvation  and  prior  prants  within  the  fownftiipin  thi' 

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rnon,  ot  one  ruoiuann  acici  or  unorr,  unu  xnr.  i.mmc  <. rtMnui  u-  umiui  -jy 
•al»n  of  the  faid  refervation  and  prior  prants  within  the  fownftiipin  thi" 
et'fion  cxprclfed,  the  fame,  or  uhat  ftiall  be  rcquiliie  to  iiiike  up  to  futli 
eifon  the  quantity  adrifed,  Hiali  l)c  U<caied  lo  him,  in  fiiineoihcr  towu- 
iil>,  upon  a  new  petition  for  tluit  pvirpcfe  to  be  prt'icred. 
And  of  the  faid  feveral  reonlitioui,  all  perfons  conccmcd  are  to  take 


JOHN 

Bv  hii  Excellencv'R  cnmnuind, 

THOMAS  TAf.BOT,  adlip^^Sfcict.-rv. 

This  proclamation  has  been  circulated  through- 
out the  U.  States,  under  the  authority  of  his  Maj- 
clly's  royal  inftrudions.     By  this  wg  find  that  th« 
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landi  '.a  the  C;^na.lAS  were  to  be  ,<;r.intcd  in  to;vn- 
I'hips,  and  that  the  governor  and  his  council  hnd  it 
in  their  power  tj  proceed  accordingly.  V/c  linJ 
th:it  lip'vvards  of  one  Inindrcd  and  fifty  warrants  of 
fiirvcy  for  townihips,  uiubi*  the  f>;ovcrnor's  hand 
and  ical  were  ilVucd  within  two  yc.irs  from  the  date 
of  this  procl;>n:iaiion.  After  a  lapfe  of  five  years, 
viz.  in  May,  1797,  it  was  dc^clarcd  thiat  thiC  faiili  ot 
government  had  not  been  pledged  to  any  of  thf;  ap- 
plicant's for  townihips,  exccjit  in  two  inf^ances 
cnlv,  ;dtho'  the  fame  encouragement  lud  been  L'iven 

throw idiout  both  tlie  Canada?, 

yrV/  Extraft  of  the  Minutts  ef  Cou?fcji.  ''Jnnt  \  ith,  1798. 

Ilis  Excellency  reminded  the  boaid  of  wliat  he 
iviciuioncd  on  the  17th  of  April,  1797,  refpcdin^ 
the  wade  lands,  to  wit  : 

*"  That  on  his  comming  to  thcadmiriiflration  of 
the  Province,  he  found  that  an  altepati^n  in  the 
terms  of  dilpofing  vf  the  vvaile  lands  of  the  crown 
\vas  in  contemplation  by  his  M^jcf^y's  Minillcrs." 

The  intention  of  the  alteration  then  in  contetn- 
plation  was.  to  raiftf  by  the  difpnfid  01  the  wafle 
lands  in  future  (excepting  in  thole  caics  where  the 
faith  cf  government  had  already  been  pledged  to 
the  applicants)  a  fund  to  be  applied  towards  dc-- 
fraying  the  expences  of  the  provincial  government. 

I  lib  Excellency  hid  before  the  bocrdan  infrac- 
tion which  he  had  fince  reotived,  under  his   royal 
fign   manual,  which  bsing  ft;ad  was  ordered  to  be 
entered,  viz. 
'   (l.s.')  George  R. 

INSTRUrT10>J5  tooiirfrnftvihilwell  hf]ovri\  ROr{Fr<T  PRIi«;- 
Co  1  ,  Ii  q.  Lifur,  Ctcfietal  cfOur  foncs,  Cipfa-n  (tciu'im^  and  Ci.ivtrii. 
I  r  \u  Cliief  Dfoui  I'r.  Yii>«p  »t  I.f-xLrr  drarin  ii<  AiHirntu  ;  or  ii»  h's  ih- 
fcpjfc,  to  tUc  Lu'iit.  Ci';VLMn  jr,  or  Coinui  iN»icr  iit  Cinefot  m»r  fau)  P(o- 
^mre,  for  the  ri:iic  bciinj.  Givfn  at  oiir  Cum t. it  5^t.  JaniCj  ih«  15  Inlay 
fcf  Auf  nit  1797,  in  the  tfiirlv-fvpcnt!)  v<"ar  <>♦  our  ieip,N, 

*'  Wl.Cicai,  t)v  our  j;cn'"i.il  jmhiioi  ion?  ro  out  C'ap't.  0*ner,il,  or  G;.»v- 
trmvt  Comn>ari.1in»  m  I  liicf,  in  :iii(lov.t  t  iii  I'mviiicr  of  I.ti-jcr  L.trt  ida 
bi*«»rifin  date  al  Si,  J,.«iiCMl)e  i6  li  ilny  ol  Ifi-tcpibcr  1791.-  It  i,  dfclaietj 
;».n«»«^a  C'.l\«r  tlt!;.i:s  |ru  tcvRr  Will  ivA  i  Icalwrc,  ihat  ihs  'luwr.-ihip* 


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■  «r  V.  nil  the  i;iii(is  *u  it  rUl:r«;c<l  .i-;  wT-r*  f-fil,  fl»jll  t>r  nio  #  i<l  laul  rin  by 
otir  S.irves  G.'neiai  (.1  l,-i!u1f  t«.  tf  I  f.r.ri  Pr  vutrc,  or  «.iMr  tkuliiil  v-f'* 
J«'n  aurhonleil  !'y  liiui  lur  tfut  riM'r'<''c,  wliuh  (iivfvs  lo^fihir  with  t.'>e 
Waiiau'i  and  Ciiaor>,  Im  ihf  oUetiiVC  alliiHWf  wi5  (hjl.  l-i?  rH.Mlr  out  fur 
ami  Jeiiveicil  to  fiiP  (t-V«'ra'i  t  jr.iHtres  ti' »■  1)' ativ  '■Mfnte  ot  Irx-  v.  i»a< 
^vcr,  iliaii  iiic;»  a&  mav  be  i>.i\a'ilc  tu  ihe  dsHerf  iif  '  ffitr.r*,  accciduii;  lo 
the  '.thi  •  hcs,  alitad\  ciia'uilhed  u[)v.\  Gianis  Oi  LautU  nuJ.'  ui  tlic 
la'tt  I'.ovini  p  •  — 

Ni'V  otif  v\  ill  an-i  j>lpjf;irr  is,  tliaf  tlir  hrirt  Trtwr.iliips  iU'roin  racn- 
fioned,  »itd  (he  rr fprctivc  allotincni  w^th"*  ifatr  Imhc,  to^ciNtn  wu'i  iii« 
lanls  tij  br  rofn  ved  as  tluT«^in  «for(aid  (h«l|  t€  rtiti  and  iiiiuuiit  iy  nur 
Siiivcvot  (i'tifiil  of  lands  tort^ie  taid  Pi:'V4ncc,  or  (ojne  tkdltul  nrlc.i 
?i'.i»hoii»ifd  hv  li  )ii,  fjr  th«"  P'-'i  f>f  Te  ;  *  hich  liuvevs  tii;;c  Iter  with  ;}.« 
Wai  ra:ifs  and  Giai.t^  on  i  ayii»e<ii  of  Inch  lees  a  (hail,  ijini  '.ir?  (w  t  nte, 
he  t.*<l  .h'llht'd  Ir  (!•  Milder  (rfor  fi^j'^ei  and  f)i;o  M  lUkiil^  !)»■  l>v  ui-.t  cwim 
ill  llut  bchali,  ii^iniud  'u\  one  ot  our  principle  Secician»:i«>!  StJ'e. 

Here  wc  find  the  honorable  man,  one  who  corn^s 
forward  in  tl)c  fupport  of  ri^ht,  and  after  plucin;^ 
the  above  indrLnTtions  btifore  the  baiird,  he  contin- 
ues to  inform  them  that  he  had  farther  InHr'aiiicn^s 
uhicli  were  as  follows  ;  — 

.1.  That  in  thofc  cales  where  the  faith  of  govern- 
Bicnt  had  been  pledged  to  the  applicants  according; 
to  the  report  of  the  council  of  the  24th  May  1 797, 
for  fpecinc  quantities  of  land  the  grants  fliould  ^ais 
upon  the  fame  fees  that  had  already  palTed  the  leal. 
2d.  His  Excellency  i<nd  that  although  the  faith 
of  government  had  not  h':en  fpecifjcally  pledged  in 
cafes  when  perfons  petitioned  for  town(l>ips  on  be- 
half of  themfclves  and  their  alTociatcs,  yet  ns  much 
,  as  fome  of  them  had  fully  evinced  their  lincerily  jii 
carrying  the  fc ttlement  of  the  land  into  eficcV,  rnd 
have  upon  the  faith  of  the  government  given  them 
by  kis  majeily's  eovernnient  in  Cancuh:,  embarked 
tiieir  labour  and  property  in  furvcyiDgand  allotting, 
the  townfliips  tPiey  fo  petitionvd  for,  and  in  ii^nk- 
ing  cfiedual  fettlcinentfi  thereop.  It  is  ordered  th;!t 
fuch  perfons  **  Ihrtuld  have  the  full  extent  o'^'  his 
Maj^'.fly'n  ir.drudions — vi:>:.  i2Cp  acres  to  each  af- 
foci'atcd  Grantee  j"  this  ie  meant  to  extend  to  fuch 
a  number  as  will  be  luuicitnt  to  take  up  all  th« 
rantabl-  Lnds  in  laid  to\vn{}u'p,  at  the  rate  cf  l2C-# 


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acres  e:cb.     We  f.nd  that  in  the  third  dir:(!lion  a- 

p;rcc.i'>. -le  to  Iris  iTjujofty's  Proclamation,  that  in  cafe 
oi'  a  townfliip  not  being  fully  it'ttled  v/ith  more  than 
hd\f  the  number  fuincicnt  they  are  allowed  one  half 
offach  tovvnljiip,  and  the  other  lidU  it"  granted,  to 
been  ccndiiion  of  inimcdiate  fcttleni^rvt  thereon. — 
la  t!'x  4th  diicdivon  hit  Majcftyhas  been  pkufed  to 
fay  that  where  a  jjcrionor  number  of  airociate*  have 
pctiticned  for  a  tow nfhip,  and  have  been  to  th& 
treubiC  of  exploring  t!ie  farnc,  although  they  can- 
not be  thought  to  havedoivj  much  towards  cvinc- 
ing  :{iiy  very  l*rioiis  intention  with  ixfped  to  carry- 
ing; the  foLtlcment  thereof  intocltcdt.;  y«t  he  allows 
all  fuch  perfons,  ohc  fourth  part  of  the  townOiip 
on  conditions  OS  immediate  fetllcment,  and  fubjedl: 
to  the  fees  of  fix  pence,  H.  C.  per  acre,  for  the  pub- 
lic fcrvice.  In  the  5;h  direvTlion  his  Majitil:y  ex- 
tend: in  cioodneifi  fo  far  as  to  direLl  the  executive 
(.1 

council,  to  confider  all  fuch  perfons  whopurchafcd 
tl"iC  pretentions  of  oih.TS,  whohad  bccoau"d;fcoar- 
aged  by  the  lo^e  delays  which  took  [)lace  iji  .th« 
paffing  the  gr.iiits,  he  allows  them  to  ft.md  in  the 
place  of  the  applicant^,  whole  prctenfions  they  (o 
purchr.kd,  and  to  receive  grants  m  ihz  Cxinc  way, 
and  lame  quantities,  and  on  the  iamc  conditions  as 
the  ftrtl  applicants. 

ilcrc  we  find  a  fpark  of  h©n©ur  yet  left,  this  is 
funlcient  to  evince  the  finecriry  of  hli  MajcRy  and 
'minidvrsat  home,  and  that  lor  fome  gracious  inten- 
tion, not  known  to  the  public  at  hr^e,  and  perhaps 
rjot  '^enernllv  'nderflood  by  the  cxecii live?.,  nor  do 
^ve  believe  th-at  ihcy  had  any  right  to  an  explanation 
it  wns  th'<ir  fpecial  orders  from  their  ivoyal  Maf^er. 
lie  hus  as  good  a  right  to  keep  all  thiiii;;?  in  iha 
(laf  k  from  them  as  they  have  from  us  ;  and  its  theiv 
duty  to  whey  him,  they  ar*  p'.\ced  as  Icrvanti'  to  d» 
the  will  c<f  their  matter,  and  in  fliid  icniw  iliey 


Vi 


r  37  ]  , 

are  the  fcrviints  of  xh^  people  find  ?irc  pnul  a^ 
lacli.  lloWy  \:i  in«?  aik,  dare  they  i'jpirccdc  hh 
.  Mojcfty's  procUauUiqas  ?  take  a  view  of  Governor 
Hunter  and  council,  in  tlicir  proceedmes  a^;ui;R 
Mr.  Angus  MOonsll,  who  held  the  oiii-.x  as 
Chrk  of  the  I  louic  of  Co.r.iv.ons,  coiriillioned  ua- 
d^r  the  King's  Gi-.-^at  Seal,  tho(c  fevcral  Lords  tc-^V 
upon  thcnWttlvcs  t.>  have  the  privy  ir.,d,  lup^fLcedc 
the  Gfi^at  Seal,  and  to  appoint  a  ma,i  in  M;-.  M' 
Don  bill's  place;  tliis  (licus  how  aiuch  they  re- 
gard his  Majcfty's  fliith  ;  they  conceived  that  they 
iidJ  etTedlei  t'.vo  grand  purpolbs— nl.  To  cramp 
Mr.  M'DoK.-Li.,  that  he  (hould  not  flanvi  forwaid 
for  the  rights  of  the  people,  by  ft;hnoniih:r.g  on** 
man  of  abiliues,  and  biinginfr  him  down  to  a 
humble fabmi ill vc  tlateof  c'i.>ed>i-nceto  their  h an i^'nty 
tyranny  ;  this  llu-y  Cy,  is  admonilhing  luiiidr<.-ds — 
this  is  the  only  way  to  k.:;cp  the  people  down,  and 
in  aueafy  llatc  of  ignorance,  and  Wis  as  rulers  of 
the  country,  mull  watch  ever  every  man  of  any  in- 


fluence and  by  ket-ping  d^jW'A   a  certain  fcvv»  W 
rule  the  whole  with  e:dt^      It  is  plain    to  be  f; 


?n 


that  they  are  deflroymg  ha  rii.tji.-lcy'i  f*tilh-       Tlic-y 
graiued  by  hi;'.  oi-({;*r,  and  took  away   v*ithout    ha 


ci 


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ire  herein  let  fortli,  for  tr>e  gi  anting/ of  fuch   town- 

-Do    ihcy    think  th.it    th-j 


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pr,  wjtliout   dela) 
.■)]eof  tlic  Cj-'^Vi/j/aroall  without  fcclin.-s,    Uka 


pcoi 

ihcks  or  ilcncij  ?  that  when  tiicv  \feiitoii  and  com- 
menced tlicir  lltilcnKnts  m  iIk- Wii({ernei"s,«:h«t  they 
Oujuld  he  obli;ied  to  *tn"^:iin  in  a  liowlin^  c-eleit. 
Without  the  advantas.c  of  tciit>v>lj  and  ap^rceablc  fo- 
ticty  ?  No,  you  all  btiitved  in  the  [uoclanvation, 
and  fuppofuji  that  \n  hen  a  f:ttlei];vnt  had  commenc- 
ed, tht  lands  woaid  be  kept  open  for  your  j-jeii^h- 
boiirs  and  ncquaintaiu  e  to  cckwv  (^^,  ami  fettki:  wiiii 
•  ruear  you,  and  th.d  cveiy  iVi>,u  »vho  went  iuto  ih;f 


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province,  and  madchimlcU  aclivc  in  the  tulhlment 
jef  the  rgquifitions  of  the  government,  would    meet 
with  oppUyle  and  nof  reproach.     How   dare    they 
conduct  in  this  v^ay,  if   they   were    not   like    mad 
men,  thty  would  think  of  their   Himilies,    and   the 
peaceful  cni(7mcnt  of  their  property.     But    prop- 
erty ohtJiined  in  a  way  as  they  havedonc  theirs,  can- 
uot  afford  them  any  enjoyment.      It  is    like    ftolcn 
^oods,  the  more  they  h;u'g,  the  more  unhappy,  and 
always  .ifr-iid  of  meeting  ths  right  owner,    thiakinr^j 
that  he  will  challenge  his  right.   They  mull  know 
that  if  they  fiioald  loofe  their  property  in  the  Can- 
c^us  thut  the  curk  will  light  on  themfelvcs,    with- 
out any  bleiTing  unkfi  it  ihnuld  be    thnt   of  being 
lent  to  Botany  Bay,     Their   Royal  mallvT   cannot 
do  any  better  for    them — they    wiih    to  liold   the 
Avhole  country  and  make  every  perfon  ftiod  in  awe 
J  fpcak  without  dread  or  fear — I    lee   »io  cawfe   to 
fear— rruih  is  my  guide  and  by  it  will  I  defend  my- 
(clf.     I  hope  that  I  am  podeircd  of  fintiment  and 
moderation  railicieiit,  that  I   fliall    not  be    blinded 
and  nrjt  fee  my  own  errors.      Who   amon*    them 
will  dare  to  fay  that  I  cxiigcrate  j   there  arc  many 
thini^s  that  cannot  be  over  done  by  l:ifK^nft<re,    and 
thii;  is  one.     When  I  took  my  pen  to    begin    this 
work,  I  thought  to  ha^e  comprehended    the  whole 
in  a  K:w  pa^es,bnt  I  find  it  would  take  volumes   to 
explain  •he  j>ians  and  procceainjjs  in  that  country 
V.hiih  have  taken  place. 

i  declare  hclore  my  Cod  and  the  world  thit  not 
one  Tingle  tiiought  of  this  publicatien,  ever  entered 
n*iy  fTiind  till  within  twelvemonths  pall.  Dut  fv-e- 
\\\\i^  the  iiiiqui-ous  proceedings  of  your  rulers,  I  be- 
'I'.imc  piKfled  to  unfold  fiich  of  their  condud  as  I 
J<:fjc\v  to  he  unJulV,  but  net  having  had  acccfitoth^ 
A-veral  oilijts  I  cannot  jjivc  thcdiv  and  dateofevc-r 
ry  particular  j^uiiu,  althou^jh  I  am  ia  pofuflion   of 


lihomofl:  eOlntial    proclamations  and  debates.      I 
took  this  publication  upon  myJclf,  knowing  it  my 
indifpcnlabledLUy  to  culiedl:  fa^s  and  p?n  thaniioi* 
the  public  good.     I  cinnot  dron  tkis   part  of  the 
fubjc(5'- before  I  go  farther  J  I  muft  remind   you  of 
the  anfvver  made  by  the  Chief  Jufticcandft^js  mem- 
bers of  the  Lower  Province ^  to  Gov.  Prefcoirasin 
excufc  for  not  proceeding  to  grant  thd  townOiips. 
*'Wc,  (fay  the  council)  delare  it  to  be  our  iatsntiun 
to  prevent  the  obtrulive  race,  bordering  on  this  pro- 
vince (meaning  the  people  of  the  UniiidSiiffes)  trom 
coming  on  and  taking  lands  by  the  robuil  title  ef 
occupancy.     His  Excellency  Gov.  Prescolt  in  this 
CMfe,  uicd  both  feeling  and  farccabk  argument?.— 
lie  fnid    h":  did  not  ccnccivc,    that  they  wore  (ir\ 
obtrufivc  race,  as  they  h^id  been  called  fron-j   home 
with  moClt  faithful  promifes  by  proclamation.     His 
li^ccllency  could  not  think  that  the  fcttlers  had  a- 
ny  fuch  intentions.      It  apperirs  plain  and  eafy  to  be 
undeillood,  that  when  Inch  peifons  came    forward 
with  their  families  and  property,   that    they  had  <t 
rsafon  to  believe  in  the  oncouragcm>.^ttt  held  out  by 
the  government — that  they  Ihould  have  the   privi* 
ledge  of  forming  rcfpeiftable  neighborhoods,  vvhicK 
hcb  been  the  method  in  the  United  ^^/li^Vf,  that  when 
a  fettlcmcnt  oncelicging  to  form  the   lands  arc  all 
kept  open  for  fuch  j)crfon$  ai  wilh  tocomc  forward 
and  purchafe.     ,\Vc  find  that  thcotlacGr>.U)f  govern-. 
r.icnt  arc  willing  and  would  be  glad  to  fell  and   fet- 
ilc  their  lands  in  the  lame  way — they  h?iv«  defeated 
the  plan  of  felling  the  crov/n   lands.      \Vhcn   any 
perfoH  applies  for  his  land,  it  is  common  for  them 
to  keep  him  back  for  a  long  time,  thinking  that    ii' 
he  becomes   difcouragcd    by    obtaining  under  his 
Biajefly's  proclamations,  he  will  purchafe  of  them, 
A  moments  reflccflion  micjht  tell   them   that    thair 
lands  will  not  fell  to  Aincrkm.^  while  uudcr  th« 


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[  4O  :  , 

prcfcRt  order  of  thln::^  ;  2nd  if  thry  ^crc  net  blind 
snii  dtraf  to  every  thiriL;  th.\t  is  honcriblr,  there  would 
bs  no  ncfd  oMnForir.ir.i.' th*:ni.  ■        ■ 

Hers  Ictus  look  tt  the  procrct'jngs  oft!^c  coun- 
cil of  tlic  L^6/?^r  Pr^t'/'/tr  i:i  obtaining  the  town- 
fliips  ofNpfwick  and  Dereha?n,  between  the  watcri 
«1"  the  riv'ir  L^  ^framcb  orT/jam^Sy  and  LjAy  ErL\ 

ifl.  Wg  find  i»  hisinajeily's  Indruc^lons,  that  he 
recofiitiicnds  rtllir.g  ccitAin  blocks  or  trafli   of   tha 
v/afle  laniiiofthc  crow-/,  to  help  dcfmy  the   public 
cxpcnce  ot'  the  provinci-il  govcr-imcnt.     The  litids 
to  betuld  at  Public  au'^icn  to  the  highcft    bidder, 
hii  iriftriii^ians  a'--?  furtiier,  that  <h«  hifids  arc    n9t 
to  be  Ibid  for  Icfi    '    -'.  dx  pence  curr«ncy  per    cere. 
The  Lords  on  recci.     .Mhoic  inllrudticn*  bcciini 
iwr.kcat  once,  nnd  bs^'an  to  form  plan?,  tor  Ipcca- 
ktion  on  his  mi^jcn:y's  property  :   they  ihrn  \-i\t  up 
nor.ifications  giving  notice  to  fach  ill  were  dehrou.i 
of  purchiifing'fomc  of  th^  wild  lands  of  the  crown  ; 
viz.  '♦  Thcfe  are  to  wxkz    known,  cb^t  the  town- 
(hips  of   Nvrivic.b   and    Derchrim   will  ba   fold    iri 
blocks  of  ihre«  thouliuui  acres  each,  to  the  higbcfb 
bicider,  and  ihit  fach  bids  muft  b;  made  on  paper, 
and  be  placed    in  the  proper  oHice,    p.nd  on  fuch  ^ 
d-ay  an  examination  will  t.iki:  placCy  iin  I  the  lands 
fct  off  to  the  highcft  bidd-^^r."     We  find  than  when 
the  tip^e  had  corr.e,  for  the  bids  to  he  fiVidc  known, 
thcv  made  a  trivial   era  nfe,  layin^^  that  thcs  lurveys 
were  not   yet  completed,    or  that  Gen.    HuNTtR 
had  arrived  in  ^w/w,  and  th.at  he  mul>  be  confult- 
ed  rn  the  fnbjcdt  ;  thisappcarsoidy  to  lull  the  lev- 
cr-1  bidders  ailecp,  that 'it  niipht  give  themftlvcs  a 
better  opportunity.     Tl:cy  then   called  the  Icvcral 
cfiicers   of  government    and  fomc  vciy   particular 
friends,  and  mads  fomccliimncy  corner  bids,  taking 
care  to  go  fomeihing  higher  than  his  Majcily's  in- 
{trttdior.G,  in  crdcr  to  make  the  fAles  v^ilid.  Thol: 


■ 


[41 


1 


bioclcs  or  townililps '^ot'land,  amounting  to  about: 
one  hundred  thouland  acres,  were  ibid  at  about 
eigbt  pence  per  acre;  at  the  fame  time  there  were 
many  perloiis  who  flood  ready  to  give  half  a  dollar 
per  acre.  This  I  call  iwindlin^  botli  the  crown 
and  the  fijibjeds.  "    "■  ,",      •,,»'' 

'  It  would  be  too  lengtliy  to  explain  the  Whole  of 
their  intrigues  in  this  work.  This  is  a  form  of 
t!ieir  proceedings,  in  both  thcl*"  public  and  private 
manners,  which  the  word  of  God  bears  Leflimony 
againft.  .  .      .     '  ,    .    .•  ■ 

Here  yoii  have  a  rcvlcv/  of  their  pi^oceedings  a-* 
Jaind:  Mr.  Bu'Rzey,  a  man  whom  Gov.  bi.vicoi: 
took  by  the  hand  in  the  latter  end  of  the  year  1795, 
or  beginning  of  1796,  making  him  promiies  ot 
certain  townfliips  of  lane),  if  he  would  place 
forty  a(!^ual  fettlers  on  each  townlhip.  Gov.  .Sim- 
€0E  was  informed  that  Mr.  Burzey  had  a  lar;ie 
number  of  GerK.unsy  whom  he  brought  to  America y 
in  ordei'  to  forni  a  fettlcmcnt  on  fome  of  the  wild 
lands.  Mr.  Burzey  took  up  with  the  offers  of 
the  Gov.'iinor,  and  placed  on  his  fettlers,  made  road?, 
':re<fled  mills  «ind  built  houfes,  at  a  great  expence-, 
ar  V'hich  time  th^  north  (hore  oi'  Lj/:e  Ontiu-nj  was 
a  v/ilderncfs.  Thofc  people,  on  thch-  inlt  fcttinf."; 
.vjt  in  thi?  new  country,  could  not  be  confiuereJ 
/e;j  active ;  neverthclefs  they  have  become  fervicc- 
ible  in  that  couatry,  .ind  comfortable  in  their  fitu- 
atious.  But  we  find  their  agent,  Mr.  Burzey, 
turned  afide  with  1 200  acres  of  the  wilderncfs  lands, 
which  at  that  time  could  have  been  purchafcd  for 
i(;o  dollars.  His  townships  were  declared  by  the 
Council  to  be  recinded,  which  ifiduccd  him  to  ap- 
ply to  Governor  Priicott,  of  th6  Lower  Prov- 
incc,  who  advifcd  him  to  return  to  Y'ork^  and  make 
??  propCT  d«mand  of  hi?  I-jnd,  9^n<i  if  he  did  not  fur.. 


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^ceed,  his  Excellency  recommended  him  to  go  homCa 
sirsd  that  he  would  place  proper  iaforniatioii  before 
his   Majcfly.     It  appears  that  almbft  three  years  had 
lapfed    before  Mr.   Burzky  obtained  an   order  in 
his    behalf,   which  order  arrived  at;  2V-^  jn   the 
month  of  October,  1801,   diredirg  the  E.^scutive 
Government  to  allow  him  to  locate  betvveen  fixty 
and  fcventy  thoufand  acres,  on  fome  of  the  unlocatr 
ed  land  in  the  Province.     Wc  find  that,  they  have 
found  fome  claufe  in  the  inllrudions,  whereby  they 
could  prevent  him  having  the  land  in  his  tftwofbips. 
which  he  had  made  valuable  by  fettlemento     1  he- 
Lords  took  upon  thcmfclves  to  call  into  the  Coun- 
cil office  a  ntimber  of  young  men,  whom  they  had 
previoufly  denied  having  aright  to  land  in  the  Pro- 
vince,  as  they  liad  no  families,  and  could  not  be 
confidered  in  a  fituation  to  cultivate  landc ;  never- 
thelcfs,  in  order  to  difappoint  and  injure  this  man, 
theycolle(ried  a  ntmber  fufficie       0  take  up  all  the 
grantable  lands  in  hie  tov/nOiij.s,     They  think  to 
anfwer  feveral  pitrpofes  in  this  proceeding;  firft, 
to  do  away  his  right  to  the  land  in  the  townlhips, 
and  at  the  fame  time  prevent  others  from  having 
any  plaufible  pretentions  to  thcir's  ■   they  could  not 
bear   to  think   that   they  had  once  done  away  his 
claim,  and  yet  be  defeated.     It  is  a  mortifying  cir- 
cumflance  for  them  to  think  that  their  roval  maf- 
ter  fhould  find  them  out  in  their  fraudulent  pro- 
ceedings, arid  they  obliged  to  become  the  ridicule 
of  the  whote  country  ;  Butfuch  is  their  unfriendly 
conduct  towards  every  perfon  of  ambition.  ,  I  can-^ 
not  take  upon  mc  to  f.iy  that  f^av  country  is  in  any 
greater  danger,  than  from  thofc  men,  who  ought  to 
be  the  fathers  of  the  country.     The  only  fccurity 
the   country  h^s  to  boafl  of,  13  that  of  being  fo  little 
known,  or  rather  lappofed  to  be  oi  (o  little  worth. 
).]»u  oftcnlimes  things  are  coveted  bccaufc  thty  arc 


I  i 


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enemies 
Jiptof.  It  in  known  to  tiic  world  tnat  ilie  country 
is  not  in  a  lituation  to  defend  itfelf  againft  an  enemy 
©f  any  force.  •  It  is  only  a  ibattering  fettlement, 
bordering  on  the  waters  of  the  St/LaiL'rcnctr,  Ite 
length  is  many  hundred  miles  from  Eafl  to  We{l, 
but  its  lettlemsnts  arc  like  a  thread,  and  almoft  ai^ 
■ealily  fcparated  in  any  place.  '  But  if  it  doesj  not 
prove  to  be  the  cafe,  that  the  few  <.uhjeds  in  the 
Canada^y  I  fay,  if  they  do  not  want  them  to  kelp 
prote<5l  the  pcrfons  and  property  of  gbvernment,  it 
is  no  reafon  why  they  ihoidd  deprive  tiicm  of  their 
jaft  and  equitable  rigiits.  They  loofe  the  friend-- 
lliip  ot  tne  Loyalids  and  all  otlier;  of  his  Majcfty's 
/ubjccls.  They  ought  to  come  forward  like  men  of 
honor  and  ftriPc  integrity^  and  acft  up  to  both  writ- 
tea  and  verbal  promifiis.  Could  this  be  done,  it 
would  prevent  things  more  ferious  from  taking 
place.  Giving  each  individual  his  right  cannot  hsi 
confidercd  giving  advantages  into  the  hands  of  the 
common  people;  but  it  would  hold  th^m  in  rea- 
dinefs  to  give  protedion  to  their  rulers. 

Let  us  here  take  a  view  of  the  condu(ft  of  the 
Executives  towards  Mr.  Brandt,  a  man  who  has- 
uillinguidicd  himlelf  as  a  brave  and  valiant  fupport- 
cr  of  t'ue  fame  caufe,   for  which  all  his  loyal  fub- 

iedls  left  the  UnitaiStiitcs,  Br  a n  d t's  attachment 

,.1 

to  his  royal  maf^cr,  led  him  to  take  to  tho  ft^uul^ird 
under  his  Miijefly,  at  an  early  fjageof  the  revolution, 
it  is  well  kfiown  to  all  claflcs  q{  peop^'^  throughout 
the  Uniicd  AS'/c//<'j-;that  Mr,  Brandt,  with  a  lar.oe 
number  of  natives,  left  their  property,  which  they 
liud  enjoyed.  Under  a  high  ftate  of  cultivation,  r.nd 
that  in  the  garden  of  the  world,  at  the  lame  time 
he  having  influence  over  feveral  other  nations,  form- 
ing one  lylkm,  they  all  looked  up  to  hiin  as  their 
i'jmmandcr  m  chief ;  nopcojlc  hare  been   mo.« 


.^^; 


^ 


V ' 


u 


I,, 


.  '  [  44  ] 

ioyai  and  true — Mr.  Brandt    has    taken  much 

trouble  to  keep  all   otluT   natives  friendly   to    the 
lifitilh  f  overr.incnt  :  his  natural  attachincnt  to  ihc 
]\'lo    ;wks  i-d  to  niake  Ibme  provilions    for    thcm^ 
ii'    hevvTv    )f  hinds  tluit  ihev  mi;'ht  have    a    home 
flfi^r  the  long  fatigues    of  the    revo.utiqn.       Mr. 
Brandt  at  that  time,  had  the  privilege  granted  him 
to  fearch  out  fome  remote  place  in    .he    vvildernefs 
lor  himlelf  together  with  his    nations   all  looking 
up  to  him  as  their  principal  guide^  and  for  them  he 
undertook  to  obtain  a  country  or  tra\5t  of  land    to 
compenfate  in  a  fmall  degree   for    the    one  which 
they  had  loft;  pn  application  to  the  commander  iii 
chief  of  the  Cjm;<^/<;:i  ;  it  then  appeared  that  it   was 
his  Mnjefty's  will  and  pleafure,  that  a  trad   fhould 
be  allowed  Mr.  Brandt,  fix  miles  wide    on  each 
{idc  pt  t\)Q  Gnv id  RhcTt   frorn    the  mouth   to   its 
highcfl  iburce/  at  that  time  the  country  was  whol- 
ly unknown  to  the  white  people,    the  nations  had 
net  any  one  to  intrude  on  them,  they  fettled  in  peace 
having  allurance  of  enjoying  that  little   fpot  with- 
out   hindrance    or    moleflation.       They  are    not 
void  of  all  fenfations  ;    jt  muft  bs  a  difiigrceable 
tiling  fvJ-  them  to  think  of  and  bring  to  mind  the  glo- 
rious lard  which  thty  left  in  the  Vnitc'd  SiiitfSy  and 
at  the  fj;nG  timeconfider  themrdvcs  fettled  on  lands 
formerly  belonging  to  tqe    MiflifTnga  Nation.      It 
jiuifi:  be  Vi;ry  g.:uling  when  fettled  under  the  hands 
cf  a  nation  whofc  numbers  are  very  greats  and  once 
a  powerful  enemy  ;  and  at  tlie  fame  time  it  isccn- 
fidered  very  degrading  for  one  nation  to  accept   a 
place  of  refuge  from  anotlier. 

We  may  think  for  a  moment,  how  the  Americans 
would  feci  to  aik  protedion  of  the  Can  a  das  under 
Grcat-hritaiu,  Mr.  Brandt  and  his  nations 
have  had  to  look  up  to  the  following  nations,-  firli, 
to  Crc^t-Britr/in  for  the  grant  or  patent  feal  of  the 


ii"rr:rill  trncl  of  Ijiid  piciiulcJ  ihem,  and  for  protec- 
Uon  in  their  li^^hts  ;  and  in  the  next  place  \v\rclu;d 
by  the  nations  of  Indians^  and  even  parlies  have, 
been  cncouroi-ed  by  the  tools  of  2:overnniC!U,  ii^  o\-^. 
d(?r  to  vvea!:en' iiH'powijr of  x\1r .  Brand  r  over  the; 
natives;   in  the  tiurd  place  they  did  not  know    the 


hour  that  the  United  State's  and  ( 


J/ 1. 


n 


r:taiii  tni:.'  lit 


fall  out,  and  tiiey  fall  a  prey  M^fo  the  hands  of  tlje 
nation  whom  they  had  fougui.  a;?;ainft.  This  h.i^: 
rendered  thof^  people  very  unlwppy  in  their 
profpeQs. — It  is  very  hard  that  when  M  r.  liv  an  n  r 
has  done  fo  nmch  for  his  Majefty  in  keepiri;.r  good 
the  Britirti  footfteoin  tfie  Ciiiuidas.  and  that  it  was 
his  Majefty's  will  and  pleafiire  that  Vc  and  hi*^,  na- 
tions fliould  enjoy  that  trail  of  conntrv,  on  whicli 
he  now  Uves,  and  thut  bv  an  order  iiracd  hv  th^^  liMui 
«!:  the  then  conimandini:!;  ''encra!  at  ^^h'rk'i-,  who 
was  adling  in  ^nd  over    the  Ccnuitai   as   the   Km.; 

ihimlelf,  and  bv  him  ths  faith  oi   L^overnnicnt    \\\\» 

|plcd;^cd  to  Mr.  Dr  ANDTo    ' 

I    .  A  nnmbcr  of  years  have  elnpfed — this  ].\nd    I 

'  coines  of  lome  vu!;ie.  Tvlr.  Bk  andp  La>-  h.id  ic- 
pcatcd  applications  fc.r  ll'icfalcota  part  of  \\\%  hinds 
to  &i\\\:\\  fcttlers.  Me  tt^ok  council  with  Id^^  n  int^n 
nnd  then  agreed  to  fparc  iome  uf  thofc  lai-id--^,  as  i:i(^v 
had  been  ufed  to  live  aiivong  the  wtiitepeopL-,  tli  v 
confidered  it  a  c^eat  priviljgeo      Mr.  iJR.WDi     is 


K'- 


Mot  whoUv  unacquainted  with  rolicv  in  kti!in;i:  ii 
new  counlrv — he  knows  that  road:.,  jnii's  a;;dl;.t- 
elements  of  i'anntrs,  tn-jkes  a  Invall  tr^i-l  (i  v,';!! 
Icind  brinji  a  {"^reat  priceaiKl  valuahle  on  tlie  iiivi^i^ 
LOtice.  Hew  can  any  one  itiKiL.ine  t];.U  a  riinuh'.i 
of  ciiaraders,  as  an  executive  ht)dy,  vNonid  ii!j  in 
oppolition  and  r.y  "  Mr.  !]'<  ,\N  Ii  r  ijj.'.li  not  ii  il 
bis  land.,  we  will  let  him  know  bctur,  he  ic  .m  li  - 


iLur 


cn:c.  c^ic 


I'hev  have  for7ot  that  rjowrncr  'Unicoi,    w 


I, 


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[  46  ] 

j.ropofals  to  purchafc  the  whole  of  Mr.  Brandt's 
iand,  ncverthelefs,  they  fay  Brandt  /hall  not  fell 
Ills  lands;  it  they  could  ty any  means  difcouragc 
Mr.  BuANDT  and  make  him  give  up   his    lands, 
We/houldtind  that  Gen,  Hunter  would  become 
zn  owner  of  a  large  quantity  of  them,  as  a  compen- 
tition  ibr  his  r«;rviccs.  .  It  would  be  good  luck  to 
Mr.  Hunter,   to  come  in  to  the  Province  at  fo 
Jate  a  period,  and  do  away  the  Indian  claim  to  thofe 
lands. -r-lt  is  the  only  opportunity  which  I  can  call 
10  mind,  for  a  chance  of  any  great  fpeculation  to  be 
sna^c. — Tiie  gentlemen  heretofore  havo  taken  good 
care  to  feciirc  to  ihemfclvcs  the  bcfl  ar.4  moft  valu- 
able traits  throughout  the   Prpvince/ ;  It  is  true 
that  General  PI UNTER  pn   his,  coming  1  into  the 
.  Upper  Frovinca,.  Riade  a  great   noifc,   faying  that^ 
tlie  gentlemen  ia  the  .military  department  had  be-^ 
tome  a^et  of  farsiers,  and  the  Council  a  combined 
',,/,;, Jet  of  fpcculators,  and  that  he  wasaftonifhid  tofind 
the  molt  valuable  parts  of  the  country  taken,  up  by. 
tlipm.   But  when  we  find  his  conduO  to  be  more  ar-^ 
bitr.uy  than  any  thing  which  had  beezj  adopted,  vvc  V 
laufl  believe  it  was  only  ei.ivy  in  him,occafion«dby>j 
fbtir  having  had  fo  much  better  opportunities  of  ob- 
taining property  th^n  he  could  have  at  fo  late  a  pe- 
riod. This  leads  me  to  think  that  he  has  an  eye  on 
Mr.  JBniKiitr's  land,  and  from  any  fentiment  of  mod-^ 
cration  difcovered  in  him,  we  have  no  reafon  to  be- 
lieve bat  that  he  would  as  foon  force  yi^.  Brandt 
OLU  of  his  landsi  in  order  to  cngrofs  them  himfelf, 
as  the  Council.     Nothing  but  fear  vyiU   prevent  a 
thing  of  this  kind.  They  fpcak  of  favages  as  though 
they  could  not  be  treated  too  unfeelingly.  But  it  is 
iiGt  the  color  that  makes  the  favagc  J  aswhitcamaa, 
iic;  Gen.  lluktiT  may  have  a  favagc  heart.  .  ,"' 

I  declare  that  th«  ^mcricafiSt  whom  your  Lords  . 
fo  much  deipif<r,  to  whom  they  arc  acvcrthelefs  in- 


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•  ,   •         [  47  ] 

Aziitc']  for  the  great  value  or  ihcu  laiulcd  property,  will  r.r/er  m- 
lift  ihcmre'.vcs  ;  not  i  nnn  will  take  up  arms  j  not  a  nmn  will 
fxpofe  hii  life. for  tmpcriout  \vt.Uy  with  whurii  iie  on  neither  fhifc 
ill  the  dignities  of  the  l!aie,  rvir  cipy  p?ace  in  private  liJe. 

But  It  avaiUlmlet©  point  out  ir»jiirjLSo:  evils  without  recommen- 
ding a  remedy. — rft.  Let  nic  iTri,  what  is  Patriotil.m  ?     1»  u  con- 
fined 10  a  narrow  affrd>ioji  (or  the  fpot  where   a  nun  wa»  born  ? 
No.  It  is  an  extended  tclf  love    mingled  withi  ail  tl's  erjoyn^enit 
of  life,  which  make  every  goodcitiz-^^n  chv:ri(>i  it,  notor.ly  as  prc- 
«qiou«,  but  as  facrcd  ;  he  is  willing   to  rifk  hisXife   fa  its  defence, 
ind  confciout  he  gains  protcdion. While  he  jjives  it.     "Fvt  what 
lights  of  a  fub]c6l  will  be  deemed  inviolable  when  the  rulers  re- 
nounce the  principles  that   conftitute  iheir  I'ccurMy  ?  or  it  his  life^ 
(hould  not  be  invaded,  what  can  his  ;r'ijovmcnts  b»:  ?  — I  fjy  you  all 
feel  like  baniO^cd  anJ  loft  riien,  in     our  native  land.     On  thit 
point  my  enioiions  are  unutterable— l  wifh  I  could  fiod  •'vords  for 
lliem — If  my  powi.'S  here    any    proportitn   fo  my  ital,  I  could, 
(well  my  voice  to  fuch  A  note  of  rrmonflrancc  that  1  l!iou!d  reach, 
every  dwelling   in   ycur   provinces,  and  fay  to  the  inhibitantj,  ^- 
iVJki  (ram  jourfalleficuritj,  tindytur  crutl  dan^tn.  Yojmay  l>av« 
cruel  apprehcnlions  for  an  hvar^  then   your  wxtinds  will  be  clLfed, 
ind  you  will  thereafter  remain  in  urace,  ei  joying  a  pi  re,  free  arwi 
tlciSlive  Govcrnnncnt,  which  will  iiwiuce  your  Iricnds  to  rile  their 
properties  under  the  proteftion  of  your  wife  and  well  adapted  c»n- 
flitution.     You  arc  riot  without  men  o'  fpirit  and  abihtits,  at  the 
fame  time,  can  have  acceff  t«  the  rnct^  rtfancci  mod.J'ci. — ShoulJ 
you  think  it  wifdcm  to  form  a    coUeclion  by    burrowing    cerfain, 
daiifes  which  by  expcrienca  have  the  moft  delrcil  a^i£l  in  the  Uni* 
Ui  States,  ind  it  is  but  rtifonible  to  fuppofc  ttiay  wcu  d  hatrc  tie 
fame  in  the  CanaJoj.     Yuu  need  not  lear,  yon  have  no  cau!c  tu 
fear — every  thing  is  plain  and  eal'y  to  b:  uiu'^rftvoJ — the  parh  it 
open — you   have.nothin;^  to  do,  but  to   walk  therein.     Dsdar'j 
jourfelves  m:n  ^fay  to  tbe   virorld  that  you  are  Js'.erinined    to  bs 
free. — I  fay,  come  forward  ;  be  conudcrcd  as  high    mingled  men  ; 
difpatch  the  fsvera!  Bri'iih  Tyrart*  from  your  lanrf,  to  that  of  their 
royal  maQer,  then;  let  them    rend.r  an  account  of  their  great  ex- 
ploits done  in    fettling  tbe*C-;»(;yr7j.     Th;re  is  f.o  inilUke   to  be 
feared  on  youc  part,  1  fummnn  y.)ur  immajinaiion  to  the  fecncs 
that  will  cpcn.      It  ixeafy  to  conceive  what  the  eren:  v»i!l  be. 

Will  your  government  ever  be  .ible  to  temper  and  .-i-rtrain  ths 
turbulence  of  (iich  a  c^ifis.  1  fay  th:y  are  in  no  capiclty  to  ^^vern. 
I  am  lenfible  there  will  be  f  ^me  fmaU  divi(i>»n  among  the  j;:oplo; 
it  would  be  very  ftrangc  to  fiiJ  every  man  of  a  fniriment.  But 
will  any  one  anf^cr  with  a  fneer  and  (ay  thit  is'rlft  ;  will  any  one 
flare  deny  that  you  arc  nolbnunil,  1  f\ate  .TJthin^  but  truths  \r% 
the  language  of  a  native  Atn'.'rican,  and  at  the  fame  time  diveft 
tnjftlfot  all  national  prrjudice.     I  declare  to  m)  God  and  tb? 


t  '. 


i  4S  ]  .  ■ 

iVorid  ilut  ]  am  TjUal!)'  ^appy  in  thelctt!cmrnt  cf  all  nsticr.s  coril- 
menced  xnj^merlca^  but  God  fcibid  ihal  any  foici^  nation  iliculd 
rule  and  k;cp  a  toot-Hf^p  in  our  land.  •'  .  ... 


■■^■■r  fca'TiM 


Hert  I  tahe  phajure  in givwig  <;  St.Tferrn^t  cf  thi  lizivours  frcmihe 
CaNADAs,  in  tie  yfar  i  8oO. 


117,115  ruTu'N  Wheat,  £ii  a-i 

3o  371  birrels  P.  >'ir,  4»  34* 

16,123  qu'iitals  hifcuit  3J  '5J 

3,193  bufhels  peas  76* 

4,381      do.     bar!fy  a?^ 

316  do.     flixf<»d  65 

60  do.     liidum  cur.i  12 

?7  kc{;$  pot  ^larlcy  44 

335  batreli  be«l'  837 

iSi      rfo.     pork  90^ 

413  cafki  pickled  codfifTi  671 

70a  quintals  <lrv  cod  4:1 

1,633  pieces  oak  timber  -'i^ 

Ix  do.    pinr    dn.         ^  ij 

92  mad?  and  yards  .330 

24,i63  fjiec:'*  pine  boar<J%7ivi 

pla.-ik   ^ 
'f^^ty   do.  oik  pl.Tnk    ' 
13;       do.  bir«Ii  do. 
S'i  ,9''6  oak  ftavcs  li  he?.ii:ig 
a, 00c  ItaTC  ends 
i8,i2«  hindlpiV^es 
1. 159  .tft)  oars  ■    ' 

j3,950  lathi 
1,01  >  pie«e«  lafii  Tfo^d 
18,935  tninnels 
13,000  ftiinglet 
J4  000  E«lt  India  hoops 
3,156  pi't'C  pJcV.J 
^98  li.)xc«  (oap  and  candlci 
133  boics  afld  hhds.  cUcnce 

lpriic«  ' 

S  c.irKs  C-n.idabilfatn 
163  hhds.  ale  and  porter 
3';9  kegs  of  buncr 


13  barrel*  ooio»5 

if/    do.     apj'fet 

58  cfll't  irun  Huvcn 

24  do.     pcta  '    ''    '  [  "4 

319  ox  hldfj  sjf 

3  53s  cowsbornj— ifljirjtran    .•54 
600  Mhd?.  ffa!  oil  4>ooa 

9,1 -6  barrels  pot  and  psail 

alhft  ;o.4i« 

200  barrels  flour— Soofjiiin. 
tals  bifcuit— I     lb.  bfef 
—  Clb   pork.— loollifes    1,505 
3?  horftfs  jc* 

S  ftipi— r  br'g.built  at  C-ie-  ' 


87« 
5*7 

6 

404 

'SI 
3 

70 


a5i 

>4 

79S 


hec 

17,500  Minof'ifalt 

if3iS  lb.  cafiorain 

9^57  lb.  ^infcMg  (. 

»3it043  beavct  fkini 

40,341;  martins 

10  lur  Otierj 

8,4aS  mir.ks  .  n 

5,93?  finders  • ''    '  -■ 

ii,97t  foxss  •: 

26.575  bears  2sci  cuts 

ao4,5!s7  deer 

1  to,(9S4  raf coons 

12,397  »ni(kr.iij 

16,607  ejl«d  and  open  cats 

3,362  wolves 

8j6  tftks      ■ 

1,075  ♦^'oh'ereens 

1,991  (q'iirrcls  iiid  harea 

3  7'*7  ^«-'« 

Kius  feiw  one  by  St.  Johni 

fiippofect  lo  amounc  to 


34.So» 
J,  187 
331 

^    **^ 

67,52a 

ti87 

a.994 

»993» 
4i',9'7 
J  1,48^ 

4>5» 
59* 
64t 

49 
9«I 


33.00* 


To/  Mawin^  art  tht  I.mi'orts  in  1 80O. — SuJjiSi  to  duty^ 


^02,063  gallons  r«m 

38,561  d>j.  torcir;n  brandy,  and  ^ia 

r,553  do.  RritJh  brandy. 

13,424  do.  Miif'oir.t  wine. 

119,117  dj.  (>th?r  r.jnei. 

318,11^''.  iU.  Mitlcova.lo  liigar. 

Ariiclr^  Ti'A  liable  tt  dtty  arf  rri  tnu'^i*'Pt'-f, 


91,334  lb.  refintvi  iUt^ar. 
3fi,i;,i>  lb.  coilee. 
iaz,79[  ''•'•  tuharrb. 
13, 116  pl.ivinj:  card-'. 
100,767  Minoi's  ta!t. 


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